Definition of a China

China

noun

• "mate", i.e. friend. From rhyming slang: "China plate" rhymes with "mate". "China plate" is shortened to "China".

  Hey China.

  Hey Chine.

  • See more words with the same meaning: friend, friends.

  Last edited on Jun 04 2013. Submitted by Kris S. on Sep 10 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'friend, friends':
boy	Definitions include: See also my boy.
brother	Definitions include: a male.
chum	Definitions include: friend.
fam	Definitions include: "extended" family, sometimes including close friends.
whodi	Definitions include: friend. Pronounced "hood-ee" or "whoa-dee."
mandinga	Definitions include: good friend. "homey." originated from the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
home slice	Definitions include: a good friend.
pimpette	Definitions include: a girl that a guy thinks very highly of and cares about.
friend crush	Definitions include: The feeling of really wanting to befriend a stranger or acquaintance.
bull	Definitions include: a friend.
brother from another mother	Definitions include: a good friend that is more like a brother.
mate	Definitions include: friend.
chicka	Definitions include: a close female friend, or one's best female friend.
thug	Definitions include: a gang member or "ruffian."
kemo sabe	Definitions include: friend.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'china':
BRIC	Definitions include: acronym for "Brazil, Russia, India, and China".
chicken to China	Definitions include: an expression that precedes a phone call to an Asian drug dealer.
China plate	Definitions include: "mate", i.e. friend.
Tipping is not a town in China.	Definitions include: A phrase usually used by bartenders to imply that a patron should acknowledge gratuity.
Tipping isn't just a city in China	Definitions include: said to a person who's leaving little or no tip for services rendered.

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