China continental

Portuguese

Etymology

Compound of China +‎ continental. Literally, “Continental China”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃĩ.nɐ kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/ [ˈʃĩ.nɐ kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃĩ.nɐ kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/ [ˈʃĩ.nɐ kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.na kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/ [ˈʃi.na kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.nɐ kõ.ti.nẽˈtal/ [ˈʃi.nɐ kõ.ti.nẽˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.nɐ kõ.ti.nẽˈtal/ [ˈʃi.nɐ kõ.ti.nẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.nɐ kõ.ti.nẽˈtal/ [ˈt͡ʃi.nɐ kõ.ti.nẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.nɐ kõ.ti.nẽˈta.li/

• Hyphenation: Chi‧na Con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Proper noun

China continental f

1. mainland China (the People’s Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau)
   • 2024 January 11, David Brown, Como China perdeu Taiwan e qual a situação atual da 'ilha rebelde'‎^[1]:

     Mas uma guerra civil eclodiu na China continental entre as forças do governo nacionalista lideradas por Chiang Kai-shek e o Partido Comunista de Mao Tse-tung.

     But a civil war broke out in mainland China between nationalist government forces led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung's Communist Party.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see China,‎ continental.

Spanish

Proper noun

China continental f

1. mainland China