"China hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: China hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} China hand (plural China hands)
  1. (historical) A 19th-century, non-Chinese merchant in the treaty ports of China. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People Categories (place): China Translations (19th-century non-Chinese merchant): 中國通 (Chinese Mandarin), 中国通 (Zhōngguótōng) (Chinese Mandarin), sopimuskauppasataman kauppias (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-China_hand-en-noun--kXWe2MX Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Disambiguation of China: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of '19th-century non-Chinese merchant': 86 14
  2. Anyone with expert knowledge of the language, culture, and people of China. Categories (topical): People Categories (place): China
    Sense id: en-China_hand-en-noun--XEQ9ErT Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Disambiguation of China: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (anyone with expert knowledge of China): 中國通 (Chinese Mandarin), 中国通 (Zhōngguótōng) (Chinese Mandarin), kiinalaisasiantuntija (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'anyone with expert knowledge of China': 45 55

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for China hand meaning in English (2.5kB)

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