(medicine, gastroenterology) A syndrome associated with consumption of the westernized version of Chinese food, characterized by various symptoms such as burning and tingling sensations, rapid heartbeat, and drowsiness, and tentatively ascribed to monosodium glutamate found in the food.

A toy dog that resembles a long-snouted Chihuahua with tufts of hair about the head and ears, tail and feet.

A children's game in which two participants hold a string of rubber bands tied in a circle with their feet and a third participant is challenged to make a certain series of moves in relation to the string successfully.

Synonym of People's Republic of China

A form of torture in which water is repetitively dripped onto the forehead of a victim who is restrained. / (by analogy) Any repeated irritation that builds to deliver cumulative damage.

Synonym of Great Wall of China

A species of frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), found mostly in Southeast Asia.

The fruit of a hybrid northeast-Asian pear species, Pyrus × bretschneideri, with the crisp, juicy texture of an apple pear, but with shape and flavor more like those of the European pear.

plural of Chinese white pear

A pocket billiards game for two players, combining the play of eight-ball (except by shooting object balls into the cue ball instead of the other way round) with the shooting style of carom billiards games.