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href="/w/index.php?title=mainland_China&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mainland#English" title="mainland">mainland</a> <a href="/wiki/China#English" title="China">China</a></strong></span> </p> <ol><li>The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a>, viewed as the general <a href="/wiki/geographical" title="geographical">geographical</a> <a href="/wiki/region" title="region">region</a> <a href="/wiki/administer" title="administer">administered</a> by the PRC in the <a href="/wiki/aftermath" title="aftermath">aftermath</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" class="extiw" title="w:Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">(as opposed to <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong#English" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macau#English" title="Macau">Macau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taiwan#English" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> which are coastal and insular areas)</span></span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1957</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" class="extiw" title="w:Chiang Kai-shek">Chung-cheng (Kai-shek) Chiang</a>, “Conclusion”, in <cite>Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/sovietrussiainch009229mbp/">[1]</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a>: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/57010316">→LCCN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/955026629">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sovietrussiainch009229mbp/page/n359/">page <span class="None" lang="und">348</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Had my Government remained on the mainland, there would never have been such calamities as the Korean War and the Communist occupation of northern Korea and northern Indo-China. The place to begin combating Communism in Asia, therefore, is <b>mainland China</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1968</b></span>, “SHANGHAI (SHANG-HAI)”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_Britannica" class="extiw" title="w:Encyclopedia Britannica">Encyclopedia Britannica</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita17chic/">[2]</a></sup>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">20</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/68010064">→LCCN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1036882">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita20chic/page/346/">page <span class="None" lang="und">346</span></a>, column 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In 1953 the city had only 20% of the total value of <b>mainland China's</b> industrial output, but this was officially claimed to be 368% higher than that of 1950.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1978</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, <cite>RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/rnmemoirsofricha00nixo/">[3]</a></sup>, Grosset & Dunlap, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-448-14374-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-448-14374-7">→ISBN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/77087793">→LCCN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/760525066">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rnmemoirsofricha00nixo/page/282/">page <span class="None" lang="und">282</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Many Americans were primarily Europeanists in their approach to foreign affairs, dismissing Asia as relatively unimportant. But the United States is a Pacific power, and rapid changes were taking place in Asia—where more than half the human race lived—that might well determine the world's future. Japan would soon be the world's third-ranking industrial power, behind the United States and the Soviet Union. Some of the most rapid rates of economic progress anywhere were being achieved by the nations of non-Communist Asia. And <b>mainland China</b> potentially posed the greatest threat to peace during the final third of the twentieth century.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1983</b> December 18, “Butterfield Tells Suffering On Mainland”, in <cite>Free China Weekly</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1983-12-18_24_50/">[4]</a></sup>, volume XXIV, number <span class="None" lang="und">50</span>, <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0016-0318">→ISSN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1786626">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1983-12-18_24_50/">page 1</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Chinese Communist rule on <b>mainland China</b> during the past three decades has destroyed the vitality, spirit and cultural heritage of the Chinese people, said <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Butterfield" class="extiw" title="w:Fox Butterfield">Fox Butterfield</a>, during an address at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Dec. 11.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2004</b></span>, Phil Macdonald, <cite>National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan</cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Society" class="extiw" title="w:National Geographic Society">National Geographic Society</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780792265559" title="Special:BookSources/9780792265559">→ISBN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/54962554">→OCLC</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">122</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">At <b>Cihhu (Cihu)</b>, near the town of Dasi (Daxi), 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is "temporary," as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to his native province of Zhejiang in <b>mainland China</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">[<b>2019</b> October 1, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Police Shoot a Protester, 18, With a Live Bullet for the First Time”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" class="extiw" title="w:The New York Times">The New York Times</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191001215744/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/world/asia/hong-kong-protestor-shot.html">[5]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">→ISSN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1645522">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/world/asia/hong-kong-protestor-shot.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-10-01">2019-10-01</span>, Asia Pacific‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.is/fnIDY">[6]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Tsuen Wan is a working-class area near Hong Kong’s border with the <b>Chinese mainland</b>, miles from the city’s gleaming financial district.</span>]</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2021</b> November 21, “On Chinese islands next to Macau, great stories of pirates, typhoons and war played out”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post" class="extiw" title="w:South China Morning Post">South China Morning Post</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211121054108/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3156715/chinese-islands-next-macau-great-stories-pirates">[7]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1563-9371">→ISSN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/648902513">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3156715/chinese-islands-next-macau-great-stories-pirates">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2021-11-21">21 November 2021</span>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.ph/LQNot">[8]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It’s hard to imagine now, but there were once three mountainous, verdant islands between Macau and <b>mainland China</b>. The Portuguese named them Dom João, Montanha and Lapa. Later the islands became known in Chinese as Xiao (Little) Hengqin, Da (Big) Hengqin and Wanzai, respectively.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2022</b> February 12, Twinnie Siu, Marius Zaharia, Jessie Pang, Anne Marie Roantree, “Mainland China to help overwhelmed Hong Kong with COVID fight”, in Edwina Gibbs, Lincoln Feast, Jane Merriman, editors, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" class="extiw" title="w:Reuters">Reuters</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220213123929/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-kong-report-record-1510-covid-cases-saturday-tvb-2022-02-12/">[9]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-kong-report-record-1510-covid-cases-saturday-tvb-2022-02-12/">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2022-02-13">13 February 2022</span>, China‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.ph/CQESi">[10]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Hong Kong and <b>mainland China</b> are among few places in the world still aiming to suppress every COVID-19 outbreak, but the Omicron variant has proven tough to keep under control.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2022</b> March 18, Dake Kang, Huizhong Wu, “China weighs exit from ‘zero COVID’ and the risks involved”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_News" class="extiw" title="w:AP News">AP News</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220318045131/https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-business-infectious-diseases-public-health-732de4c302e379ac33c92d20c425ae2e">[11]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-business-infectious-diseases-public-health-732de4c302e379ac33c92d20c425ae2e">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2022-03-18">18 March 2022</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In <b>mainland China</b>, authorities have shut down travel out of and within the hardest-hit province, Jilin in the northeast. More than 1,800 cases were reported in Jilin on Friday, out of 2,400 nationwide. Restrictions were partially eased, however, in Shenzhen, a major tech and finance hub bordering Hong Kong that had been locked down since Sunday.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><span class="see-cites">For more quotations using this term, see <a href="/wiki/Citations:mainland_China#English" title="Citations:mainland China">Citations:mainland China</a>.</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">Also used other than figuratively or idiomatically: <i>see</i> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mainland#English" title="mainland">mainland</a></span>,‎ <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/China#English" title="China">China</a></span>.</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2022</b> April 26, Luna Sun, “China’s Hainan free-trade port tipped to deepen Asean ties, but island must ‘brave’ uncertainty”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post" class="extiw" title="w:South China Morning Post">South China Morning Post</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220426040554/https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3175452/chinas-hainan-free-trade-port-tipped-deepen-asean-ties-island">[12]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3175452/chinas-hainan-free-trade-port-tipped-deepen-asean-ties-island">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2022-04-26">26 April 2022</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">“Tourists could come to Hainan before going to places such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Singapore, and shop offshore duty-free products which could be directly delivered back home, each person can purchase as much as 100,000 yuan (US$15,255),” Shen said.<br />Tourists from Southeast Asian countries could also be inclined to visit Hainan before touring <b>mainland China</b>, he said.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mainland_China&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The geopolitical sense of <i>mainland China</i> includes <a href="/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan">Hainan</a> <a href="/wiki/province" title="province">province</a> even though the province is <a href="/wiki/offshore" title="offshore">offshore</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Asian" title="Asian">Asian</a> <a href="/wiki/mainland" title="mainland">mainland</a>; the literal sense does not include Hainan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mainland_China&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/mainland_Chinese" title="mainland Chinese">mainland Chinese</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mainland_China&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Communist_China_understood_via_its_geographical_position"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Communist China understood via its geographical position</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Communist China understood via its geographical position"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="بر الصين الرئيسي (page does not exist)">بَرّ اَلصِّين اَلرَّئِيسِيّ</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">barr aṣ-ṣīn ar-raʔīsiyy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%80%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%89%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="մայրցամաքային Չինաստան (page does not exist)">մայրցամաքային Չինաստան</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">mayrcʻamakʻayin Čʻinastan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="кантынентальны Китай (page does not exist)">кантынента́льны Кита́й</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">kantynjentálʹny Kitáj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="континентален Китай (page does not exist)">континента́лен Кита́й</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">kontinentálen Kitáj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xina_continental&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xina continental (page does not exist)">Xina continental</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <span class="Hant" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Cantonese" title="中國大陸">中國大陸</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86#Cantonese" title="中国大陆">中国大陆</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">zung<sup>1</sup> gwok<sup>3</sup> daai<sup>6</sup> luk<sup>6</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0#Cantonese" title="中國內地">中國內地</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%86%85%E5%9C%B0#Cantonese" title="中国内地">中国内地</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">zung<sup>1</sup> gwok<sup>3</sup> noi<sup>6</sup> dei<sup>6</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Cantonese" title="大陸">大陸</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86#Cantonese" title="大陆">大陆</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">daai<sup>6</sup> luk<sup>6</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0#Cantonese" title="內地">內地</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E5%86%85%E5%9C%B0#Cantonese" title="内地">内地</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">noi<sup>6</sup> dei<sup>6</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Hokkien: <span class="Hant" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Hokkien" title="大陸">大陸</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86#Hokkien" title="大陆">大陆</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:大陸">(zh-min-nan)</a></span>, <span class="Hans" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86#Hokkien" title="大陆">大陆</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="nan-hbl-Latn" class="tr Latn">tāi-lio̍k</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E5%94%90%E5%B1%B1#Hokkien" title="唐山">唐山</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="nan-hbl-Latn" class="tr Latn">Tn̂g-soaⁿ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Mandarin" title="中國大陸">中國大陸</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86#Mandarin" title="中国大陆">中国大陆</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8" class="extiw" title="zh:中國大陸">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Zhōngguó dàlù</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0#Mandarin" title="中國內地">中國內地</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%86%85%E5%9C%B0#Mandarin" title="中国内地">中国内地</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0" class="extiw" title="zh:中國內地">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Zhōngguó nèidì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Mandarin" title="大陸">大陸</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86#Mandarin" title="大陆">大陆</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8" class="extiw" title="zh:大陸">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">dàlù</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0#Mandarin" title="內地">內地</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%86%85%E5%9C%B0#Mandarin" title="内地">内地</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0" class="extiw" title="zh:內地">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">nèidì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Teochew: <span class="Hant" lang="nan-tws"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Teochew" title="大陸">大陸</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="nan-tws"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86#Teochew" title="大陆">大陆</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="nan-tws-Latn" class="tr Latn">dai<sup>6</sup> lêg<sup>8</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="trreq" data-lang="cs"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/Fastlandskina#Danish" title="Fastlandskina">Fastlandskina</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_vasteland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese vasteland (page does not exist)">Chinese vasteland</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=continentaal_China&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="continentaal China (page does not exist)">continentaal China</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%89eftera_%C4%88inio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ĉeftera Ĉinio (page does not exist)">ĉeftera Ĉinio</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%88ina_%C4%89eftero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ĉina ĉeftero (page does not exist)">Ĉina ĉeftero</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mandri-Hiina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mandri-Hiina (page does not exist)">Mandri-Hiina</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/Manner-Kiina#Finnish" title="Manner-Kiina">Manner-Kiina</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Chine_continentale#French" title="Chine continentale">Chine continentale</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chine_continentale" class="extiw" title="fr:Chine continentale">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="ka"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Festlandchina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Festlandchina (page does not exist)">Festlandchina</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Festlandchina" class="extiw" title="de:Festlandchina">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%B7%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%9A%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ηπειρωτική Κίνα (page does not exist)">ηπειρωτική Κίνα</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">ipeirotikí Kína</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="סין היבשתית (page does not exist)">סין היבשתית</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">sin hayabashtít</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="trreq" data-lang="hi"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kontinent%C3%A1lis_K%C3%ADna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kontinentális Kína (page does not exist)">kontinentális Kína</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sz%C3%A1razf%C3%B6ldi_K%C3%ADna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="szárazföldi Kína (page does not exist)">szárazföldi Kína</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="trreq" data-lang="is"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="trreq" data-lang="io"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiongkok_Daratan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiongkok Daratan (page does not exist)">Tiongkok Daratan</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=m%C3%B3rth%C3%ADr_na_S%C3%ADne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mórthír na Síne (page does not exist)">mórthír na Síne</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cina_continentale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cina continentale (page does not exist)">Cina continentale</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Japanese" title="中国大陸">中国大陸</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8" class="extiw" title="ja:中国大陸">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ちゅうごくたいりく, Chūgoku tairiku</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kannada: <span class="trreq" data-lang="kn"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%9E%85%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%82%E1%9F%84%E1%9E%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ចិនដីគោក (page does not exist)">ចិនដីគោក</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">cən dəy kook</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%A4%91%EA%B5%AD_%EB%8C%80%EB%A5%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="중국 대륙 (page does not exist)">중국 대륙(中國大陸)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">Jungguk daeryuk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macanese: <span class="Latn" lang="mzs"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A9ra-china#Macanese" title="téra-china">téra-china</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="континентална Кина">континентална Кина</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">kontinentalna Kina</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tanah_besar_China&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tanah besar China (page does not exist)">tanah besar China</a></span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="trreq" data-lang="mt"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86#Persian" title="ماچین">ماچین</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:ماچین">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">Māčīn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiny_kontynentalne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiny kontynentalne (page does not exist)">Chiny kontynentalne</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=China_Continental&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="China Continental (page does not exist)">China Continental</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/China_Continental%C4%83#Romanian" title="China Continentală">China Continentală</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="материковый Китай (page does not exist)">материко́вый Кита́й</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">materikóvyj Kitáj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="континентальный Китай (page does not exist)">континента́льный Кита́й</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">kontinentálʹnyj Kitáj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="sh"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/China_continental#Spanish" title="China continental">China continental</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swahili: <span class="Latn" lang="sw"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uchina_Bara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uchina Bara (page does not exist)">Uchina Bara</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/Fastlandskina#Swedish" title="Fastlandskina">Fastlandskina</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="trreq" data-lang="tl"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Tamil: <span class="trreq" data-lang="ta"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9C%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%8D%E0%B9%88&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="จีนแผ่นดินใหญ่ (page does not exist)">จีนแผ่นดินใหญ่</a></span></li> <li>Tibetan: <span class="trreq" data-lang="bo"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%87in_anakaras%C4%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Çin anakarası (page does not exist)">Çin anakarası</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="singular number">sg</abbr></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="континентальний Китай (page does not exist)">континента́льний Кита́й</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">kontynentálʹnyj Kytáj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Uyghur: <span class="Arab ug-Arab" lang="ug"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AC%DB%87%DA%AD%DA%AF%D9%88_%DA%86%D9%88%DA%AD_%D9%82%DB%87%D8%B1%DB%87%D9%82%D9%84%DB%87%D9%82%D9%89&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="جۇڭگو چوڭ قۇرۇقلۇقى (page does not exist)">جۇڭگو چوڭ قۇرۇقلۇقى</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ug-Latn" class="tr Latn">junggo chong quruqluqi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/Trung_Qu%E1%BB%91c_%C4%91%E1%BA%A1i_l%E1%BB%A5c#Vietnamese" title="Trung Quốc đại lục">Trung Quốc đại lục</a></span> (<span class="Hani" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8#Vietnamese" title="中國大陸">中國大陸</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8" class="extiw" title="vi:中國大陸">(vi)</a></span>)</li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tir_mawr_Tsieina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tir mawr Tsieina (page does not exist)">tir mawr Tsieina</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Zulu: <span class="trreq" data-lang="zu"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mainland_China&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=mainland+China&ls=a">mainland China</a>”, in <cite>OneLook Dictionary Search</cite>.</span></span></li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/mainland%20China">mainland China</a>” in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheFreeDictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:TheFreeDictionary.com">TheFreeDictionary.com</a></cite>, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.</li></ul> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐5c59558b9d‐dd84j Cached time: 20241201163303 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.787 seconds Real time usage: 0.988 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 1510/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 66685/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 718/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 8/100 Expensive 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