English Explanatory Dictionary

Republic of China

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. a country in East Asia founded in mainland China in 1912, today commonly referred to as Taiwan, Chinese name: 中華民國／中华民国.
  2. Official name of Taiwan: a partly-recognized country in East Asia; the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949.
  3. Former official name of China: a country in East Asia that controlled mainland China from 1912 to 1949, which succeeded the Qing dynasty and preceded the People's Republic of China.
  4. a country in East Asia that controlled the Fujian Province of China from 1933 to 1934, Chinese name: 中華共和國／中华共和国.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-Republic of China.wav

Word forms

Republic of China the Republic of China

Synonyms

Blue China Chinese Taipei Free China ROC Taiwan

Related words

China People's Republic of China Qing Taiwan

Translations

Afrikaans: Republiek van Sjina Albanian: Republika Kineze Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّة الصِّين Armenian: Չինաստանի Հանրապետություն Asturian: República de China Azerbaijani: Çin Respublikası Belarusian: Рэспубліка Кітай Bengali: প্রজাতন্ত্রী চীন Bulgarian: Република Китай Burmese: တရုတ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ Catalan: República de la Xina Chinese Cantonese: 中華民國 /中华民国 Chinese Mandarin: 中華民國 /中华民国 East Circassian: Хъутей Республикэ Corsican: Republica di China Corsican: Republica di Cina Corsican: Ripublica di China Corsican: Ripublica di Cina Czech: Čínská republika Danish: Republikken Kina Dutch: Republiek China Esperanto: Respubliko Ĉinio Estonian: Hiina Vabariik Finnish: Kiinan tasavalta French: la République de Chine Georgian: ჩინეთის რესპუბლიკა German: Republik China Greek: Δημοκρατία της Κίνας Hebrew: הרפובליקה הסינית Hindi: चीनी गणराज्य Hungarian: Kínai Köztársaság Icelandic: Lýðveldið Kína Indonesian: Republik Tiongkok Irish: Poblacht na Síne Italian: Repubblica di Cina Japanese: 中華民国 Kapampangan: Republika ning Tsina Kazakh: Қытай Республикасы Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋចិន Korean: 중화민국 Kyrgyz: Кытай Республикасы Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດຈີນ Latin: Res publica Sinarum
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