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Meaning of "China ink" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHINA INK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHINA INK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
China ink is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHINA INK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

China ink

India ink

India ink is a simple black ink once widely used for writing and printing and now more commonly used for drawing, especially when inking comic books and comic strips. Indian ink is also used in medical applications.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHINA INK

China aster
china bark
china cabinet
china clay
china root
China rose
China Sea
china stone
China tea
China tree
chinaberries
chinaberry
chinachina
Chinagraph
Chinagraph pencil
Chinaman
Chinamen
chinampa
Chinan
Chinatown

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHINA INK

Chinese ink
copying ink
electronic ink
India ink
Indian ink
invisible ink
magnetic ink
marking ink
pen and ink
printer´s ink
printing ink
sympathetic ink

Synonyms and antonyms of China ink in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «China ink» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHINA INK

Find out the translation of China ink to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of China ink from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «China ink» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中国ink
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tinta china
570 millions of speakers

English

China ink
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चीन स्याही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحبر الصين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тушь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nanquim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চীন কালি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´encre de Chine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dakwat China
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tusche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中国インク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중국 잉크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

China ink
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mực Trung Quốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீனா மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चीनची शाई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çin mürekkebi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inchiostro di china
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chiny tusz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

туш
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cerneală China
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σινική μελάνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

China ink
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Kina bläck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kina blekk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of China ink

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINA INK»

The term «China ink» is regularly used and occupies the 87.081 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINA INK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about China ink

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHINA INK»

Discover the use of China ink in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to China ink and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism
The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism Judy Polumbaum. ASIAN VOICES A Subseries of Asian/ Pacific/ Perspectives Series Editor: Mark Selden Identity and Resistance in Okinawa by Matthew Alden Tales of Tibet: Sley Burials, Prayer ...
Judy Polumbaum, 2008
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
The manuscripts of the ancients were written with lamp black and gum : and the Chinese use a similar composition for all their writings, the same which is sent to Europe under the name of China ink, which they apply with a stiff hair pencil, ...
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster, 1830
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Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
China or Indian Ink. The well known and much admired Indian, or China ink, is brought over in small oblong cakes, which readily become diffused in water by rubbing, and the blackness remains suspended in it for a considerable time, owing ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1840
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Encyclopædia americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
China or Indian Ink. The welt known and much admired Indian, or China ink, is brought over in small oblong cakes, which readily become diffused in water by rubbing, and the blackness remains suspended in it for a considerable time, owing ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1836
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The cabinet of the arts
Indian Ink comes properly from China, and hence is often called China ink ; it is there used for writing, which is performed with a brush, instead of a quill as in Europe. It isof a solid substance, of a brownish black colour, whose composition is ...
Thomas Hodson (of the Middle Temple), 1805
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The Edinburgh encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, with ...
Indian or China ink, being an article possessed of valuable properties, experiments were made by Dr. Lewis to analyze and to imitate it. He found that the adhesive ingredient in it was an animal glue, and he formed very good imitations of it by ...
David Brewster, 1832
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and ...
... two bags of Japanese rice, sometimes called pincushion rice ; 102 pieces of Chinese cash, from A.D. 745 to the reigning monarch ; a counting-board used by the Chinese money-changers ; a box of ornamented China ink ; a specimen of the ...
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The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and ...
... two bags of Japanese rice, sometimes called pincushion rice; 102 pieces of Chinese cash, from A.D. 745 to the reigning monarch; a counting-board used by the Chinese money-changers; a box of ornamented China ink ; a specimen of the  ...
9
Nature reviewed; or, A history of the principal domestic ...
The carving of Tvory is brought to very great perfection in China. INK. A fluid of different colours, used for writing. The black is generally prepared with an infusion of galls, (43)) copperas, and gum arabic, and to some of the superior kinds, ...
Nature, 1829
10
The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
Composition of an Ink similar to China Ink.— Take six parts of isinglass, which are to be dissolved in double their weight of boiling water ; in like manner, dissolve in two parts of water one part of Spanish liquorice ; mix the two liquors warm, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHINA INK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term China ink is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alcatel-Lucent, China ink advanced cloud infrastructure deal
Alcatel-Lucent entered into frame agreements with China Mobile and China Unicom to facilitate their transition to dynamic cloud-based ... «Telecompaper, Jul 15»
2
Euronext and ICBC China ink MoU..
Euronext today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the leading Chinese bank, ICBC China Ltd. «Finextra, Jul 15»
3
Bangladesh, China ink pact to build under-river tunnel
Bangladesh today signed an agreement with China to construct a 3.5-km tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong at a cost likely to be ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
4
Science And Technology Park: NUST, Tus-Holdings China ink MoU
The National University of Sciences and Technology and Tus-Holdings, the operating company of Tsinghua University Science Park China, ... «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
5
Baked potato was school's little treat at morning break
Each desk had an inkwell into which a china ink pot fitted, and pupils used “scratchy pens” with replaceable nibs. School started at 9am, with a ... «Oxford Mail, Jun 15»
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Australia, China ink landmark free trade deal
Australia's Trade Minister Andrew Robb and Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng signing the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, ... «Mirage News, Jun 15»
7
Egypt, China ink $10bn deal for 15 projects
Egypt has inked an initial agreement for 15 projects worth $10bn with China, the Arab country's trade minister recently announced. «Construction Week Online, Jun 15»
8
North Korean soldier defects by walking across DMZ
South Korea and China ink groundbreaking trade pact · The government released a photograph of a missile being fired from a tube mounted ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
9
Belarus, China ink agreement on rail car scanning system for Brest …
MINSK, 9 June (BelTA) – An agreement has been signed between the governments of Belarus and China on implementing a project for ... «Belarus News, Jun 15»
10
South Korea and China ink groundbreaking trade pact
In a landmark deal between Asia's largest and fourth largest economies, China and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. China ink [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/china-ink>. May 2024 ».
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