"Chinese white" meaning in English

See Chinese white in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From its supposed origin in China. Compare China white, typically used for a white lead-based pigment. Etymology templates: {{m|en|China white}} China white Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Chinese white (uncountable)
  1. A form of zinc oxide used in white paints. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Painting, Zinc Categories (place): China Related terms: zinc white
    Sense id: en-Chinese_white-en-noun-8TtjBB75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, White

Download JSON data for Chinese white meaning in English (1.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "China white"
      },
      "expansion": "China white",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From its supposed origin in China. Compare China white, typically used for a white lead-based pigment.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese white (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "China",
          "orig": "en:China",
          "parents": [
            "Asia",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Painting",
          "orig": "en:Painting",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "White",
          "orig": "en:White",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Zinc",
          "orig": "en:Zinc",
          "parents": [
            "Transition metals",
            "Chemical elements",
            "Metals",
            "Matter",
            "Metallurgy",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of zinc oxide used in white paints."
      ],
      "id": "en-Chinese_white-en-noun-8TtjBB75",
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "zinc oxide",
          "zinc oxide"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "used"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "zinc white"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chinese white"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "China white"
      },
      "expansion": "China white",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From its supposed origin in China. Compare China white, typically used for a white lead-based pigment.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese white (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "zinc white"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:China",
        "en:Painting",
        "en:White",
        "en:Zinc"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of zinc oxide used in white paints."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "zinc oxide",
          "zinc oxide"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "used"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chinese white"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.