What does china in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word china in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use china in Italian.

The word china in Italian means incline, slope, grade, cinchona, cinchona, quinine cordial, Indian ink, Indian ink drawing, bent, bent over, bend, stoop, be heading in a bad direction, get back on top, climb back to the top, recover from a hard situation, handwritten in Indian ink. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word china

incline, slope, grade

sostantivo femminile (anche figurato (declivio, pendio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mario si è messo su una brutta china.
Mario has gotten himself onto a slippery slope.

cinchona

sostantivo femminile (piante arboree delle Rubiacee) (plant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Secondo te è difficile coltivare la china?
Do you think growing cinchona is difficult?

cinchona

sostantivo femminile (corteccia della china) (bark)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La china è una corteccia da cui si possono estrarre sostanze utili.
Cinchona is a bark from which useful substances can be extracted.

quinine cordial

sostantivo femminile (liquore alcolico digestivo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Per digerire ti conviene bere una china.
You should have a quinine cordial to help your digestion.

Indian ink

sostantivo femminile (ellittico (inchiostro di china) (type of ink)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il calamaio era pieno di china.

Indian ink drawing

sostantivo femminile (ellittico (disegno fatto a china)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La china di quell'artista defunto ora vale una fortuna.

bent, bent over

aggettivo (abbassato, in giù)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Giovanna piangeva con il capo chino per la vergogna.

bend

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (portare giù, in basso)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
China la testa quando sei in chiesa!
Bend your head down when you're in church!

stoop

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (piegarsi completamente in basso)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il contadino si chinò fino a terra alla vista del re.
Upon seeing the king, the farmer bent over so as to touch the ground.

be heading in a bad direction

get back on top, climb back to the top

recover from a hard situation

handwritten in Indian ink

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

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