china in chinese is called zhongguo which means
Central States
title: Names of China text: China but also existed as a state for many centuries prior. There are however other alternative suggestions for the origin of the word. Chinese names for China, aside from "Zhongguo", include "Zhōnghuá" (/), "Huáxià" (/), "Shénzhōu" () and "Jiǔzhōu" (). "Hàn" (/) and "Táng" () are common names given for the Chinese ethnicity. The People's Republic of China () and Republic of China () are the official names for the two contemporary sovereign states currently claiming sovereignty over the traditional area of China. "Mainland China" is used to refer to areas under the jurisdiction by the PRC usually excluding Hong title: Yuan (currency) text: Yuan (currency) The yuan (; sign: ¥; ; ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies in Chinese. A "yuan" () is also known colloquially as a "kuai" (; originally a lump of silver). One "yuan" is divided into 10 "jiao" () or colloquially "mao" ( "feather"). One "jiao" is divided into 10 "fen" (). Today, it usually refers to the primary unit of account of the renminbi, the currency of the People's Republic of China. It is also used as a synonym of that currency, especially in international contexts – the ISO 4217 standard title: China text: China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion. Covering approximately , it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, depending on the source consulted. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. China emerged as one of the world's earliest civilizations, in the fertile basin of the Yellow River title: Names of China text: Names of China The names of China include the many contemporary and historical appellations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as "Zhōngguó" (/) in its official language. China, the name in English for the country, was derived from Portuguese in the 16th century, and became popular in the mid 19th century. It is believed to be a borrowing from Middle Persian, and some have traced it further back to Sanskrit. It is also generally thought that the ultimate source of the name China is the Chinese word "Qin" (), the name of the dynasty that unified title: Zongzi text: Zongzi Zongzi (; ) is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves, generally of the species "Indocalamus tessellatus", sometimes, with reed leaves, or other large flat leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling. In the Western world, they are also known as rice dumplings or sticky rice dumplings. As it diffused to other regions of Asia over many centuries, zongzi became known by various names in different languages and cultures, inclunding "Pya Htote" in Burmese-speaking areas (such as Myanmar), "Nom Chang" in Cambodia, "Bachang" in Indonesia and "Khanom