China
- Chao, an alternative spelling of Zhao (surname) (趙/赵); an alternative pronunciation of Cao (Chinese surname) and Cao (state)
- Chao (晁), a Chinese surname
- Chāo (鈔), the banknote used in Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China
- Chao Lake
- Chao method, a way of indicating Chinese tones devised by Yuen Ren Chao
- Chǎo technique (炒), a Chinese stir frying technique
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Famous quotes containing the word china:
“The roof of England fell
Great Paris tolled her bell
And China staunched her milk and wept for bread”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“Whether the nymph shall break Diana’s law,
Or some frail china jarreceive a flaw,
Or stain her honour, or her new brocade,”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)