(transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. / To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.

(Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.

(obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break.

Official name of the country popularly known as China, as opposed to the Republic of China (Taiwan).

A person or people of Chinese ethnicity, living in a non-Chinese country; a member of the ethnic Chinese expatriate or immigrant community; Huaqiao

(obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china). [18th–19th c.]

(cricket, dated) A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin) / (cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action / (cricket) A ball delivered with such an action

A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

(US) A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts "Chinese fire drill", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, each taking a different seat.

(idiomatic, hyperbolic) Something very valuable or priceless.