Noun:1: people's republic of china, china, mainland china, communist china, red china, prc a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world 2: china high quality porcelain originally made only in China 3: republic of china, taiwan, china, nationalist china a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong 4: china, chinaware dishware made of high quality porcelain