mainland China

English

Alternative forms

• Mainland China

Proper noun

mainland China

1. (informal) The area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau.
   • 1983 December 18, “Butterfield Tells Suffering On Mainland”, in Free China Weekly‎^[1], volume XXIV, number 50, Taipei, page 1:

     Chinese Communist rule on mainland China during the past three decades has destroyed the vitality, spirit and cultural heritage of the Chinese people, said Fox Butterfield, during an address at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Dec. 11.

2. Also used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mainland,‎ China.

Usage notes

Includes Hainan province, even though it is an offshore island.

Translations

area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

• Arabic: بَرّ اَلصِّين اَلرَّئِيسِيّ‎ m (barr aṣ-ṣīn ar-raʾīsiyy)
• Armenian: մայրցամաքային Չինաստան (mayrcʿamakʿayin Čʿinastan)
• Belarusian: кантынента́льны Кита́й m (kantynjentálʹny Kitáj)
• Bulgarian: континента́лен Кита́й m (kontinentálen Kitáj)
• Catalan: Xina continental
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中國大陸, 中国大陆 (zung¹ gwok³ daai⁶ luk⁶), 中國內地, 中国内地 (zung¹ gwok³ noi⁶ dei⁶), 大陸, 大陆 (daai⁶ luk⁶), 內地, 内地 (noi⁶ dei⁶)

  Mandarin: 中國大陸 (zh), 中国大陆 (zh) (Zhōngguó dàlù), 中國內地, 中国内地 (Zhōngguó nèidì), 大陸 (zh), 大陆 (zh) (dàlù), 內地 (zh), 内地 (zh) (nèidì)

  Teochew: 大陸, 大陆 (dai6 lêg8)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: Fastlandskina
• Dutch: Chinese vasteland n, continentaal China n
• Esperanto: ĉeftera Ĉinio, Ĉina ĉeftero
• Estonian: Mandri-Hiina
• Finnish: Manner-Kiina
• French: Chine continentale (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Festlandchina (de) n
• Greek: ηπειρωτική Κίνα f (ipeirotikí Kína)
• Hebrew: סין היבשתית‎ f (sin hayabashtít)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kontinentális Kína, szárazföldi Kína
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
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• Indonesian: Tiongkok Daratan
• Irish: mórthír na Síne f

• Italian: Cina continentale
• Japanese: 中国大陸 (ja) (ちゅうごくたいりく, Chūgoku tairiku)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ចិនដីគោក (cən dəy kook)
• Korean: 중국 대륙 (Jungguk daeryuk) (中國大陸)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: tanah besar China
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: China Continental f
• Romanian: China Continentală f
• Russian: материко́вый Кита́й m (materikóvyj Kitáj), континента́льный Кита́й m (kontinentálʹnyj Kitáj)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: China continental f
• Swahili: Uchina Bara
• Swedish: Fastlandskina n
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
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• Ukrainian: континента́льний Кита́й m (kontynentálʹnyj Kytáj)
• Uyghur: جۇڭگو چوڭ قۇرۇقلۇقى‎ (junggo chong quruqluqi)
• Vietnamese: Trung Quốc đại lục (中國大陸 (vi))
• Welsh: tir mawr Tsieina m
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can