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China hands

China hands is the plural of China hand.

Meaning of China hand

Noun

China hand (plural China hands)

  1. (historical) A 19th-century, non-Chinese merchant in the treaty ports of China.
  2. Anyone with expert knowledge of the language, culture, and people of China.

Questions about China hands

What is China hands the plural of?
China hands is the plural of China hand.

Words near China hands in the dictionary

  1. China girl
  2. China girls
  3. China goose
  4. China grass
  5. China hand
  6. China hands
  7. China Hat
  8. China ink
  9. China inks
  10. China Lake Acres
  11. china marker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: China hands (page history and authors); China hand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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