How do you use Mainland in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like land or earth, plus the exact meaning.
Mainland meaning
- The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.
- The principal island of a group.
- Great Britain.
Using Mainland
- The main meaning on this page is: The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula. | The principal island of a group. | Great Britain.
- Useful related words include: land, dry land, earth, ground.
- In the example corpus, mainland often appears in combinations such as: the mainland, mainland china, lower mainland.
Context around Mainland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mainland
- In this selection, "mainland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, york, vermont, western, china, father and car stand out and add context to how "mainland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2017 the mainland father wanted and and west mainland. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mainland" sits close to words such as instances, terrorists and treating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mainland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The largest island Mainland is often referred to as "the Mainland". (11 words)
The Mainland is split into areas called East and West Mainland. (11 words)
The northeast, southwest, westside, north mainland, south mainland and Semidi Island overlap sections will remain closed for this season. (19 words)
The US 2-VT 78 route technically runs from the New York mainland to an extension of the mainland between two arms of the lake and then to the Vermont mainland, but it provides a direct route across the two main arms of the northern part of the lake. (49 words)
It will also require all travelers from mainland China to be placed under a mandatory 14-day quarantine, which will stop collectors traveling from mainland China—a major source of income for galleries showing at Art Basel in Hong Kong. (40 words)
The draw comprised all teams from the Mainland that won the third round matches that involved teams from all levels from the Mainland Premier League, First and Second Division League and as well as Regional and Districts leagues. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
In August 2017, the mainland father wanted to obtain double car plates for his mainland car in order to enter both the mainland and Macau.
The US 2-VT 78 route technically runs from the New York mainland to an extension of the mainland between two arms of the lake and then to the Vermont mainland, but it provides a direct route across the two main arms of the northern part of the lake.
Almost clear weather is anticipated with scattered clouds that will be temporarily denser initially in the Ionian, the western mainland, and gradually in the remaining mainland areas.
It built a wide sand causeway linking the island to the mainland and making it easier for islanders to sell their salted fish at mainland markets.
It will also require all travelers from mainland China to be placed under a mandatory 14-day quarantine, which will stop collectors traveling from mainland China—a major source of income for galleries showing at Art Basel in Hong Kong.
Taiwan is roughly the same distance from the Chinese mainland as Cuba is from the tip of Florida; it’s almost six thousand nautical miles from Taiwan to the U.S. mainland.
The draw comprised all teams from the Mainland that won the third round matches that involved teams from all levels from the Mainland Premier League, First and Second Division League and as well as Regional and Districts leagues.
For years, Hong Kong publishers found a ready audience of mainland Chinese readers who wanted books they could not find at home and could sneak back into mainland China.
Setting this aside, I guess that 70-80% of the mainland students in Hong Kong take a position no different from that of a mainland official.
The northeast, southwest, westside, north mainland, south mainland and Semidi Island overlap sections will remain closed for this season.
Connection to the mainland In 1987, a 3 kilometer bridge was built to connect the island to the mainland.
Even before the transfer of sovereignty, Hong Kong had established extensive trade and investment ties with the mainland, which now enable it to serve as a point of entry for investment flowing into the mainland.
However, such travel documents cannot be used to travel to mainland China and the holder may not enjoy consular protection while in mainland China.
In this context, the term "Mainland China" is agreeable to both sides since they both conceive "China" as including mainland and Taiwan, and therefore need this term to distinguish the two areas.
Since 1987, when the ban on travel to mainland China was lifted, Taiwan residents have made more than 10 million trips to mainland China.
Specifically, many people in Taiwan desire the opening of direct transportation links with mainland China, including direct flights, which would aid many Taiwanese businesses that have opened factories or branches in mainland China.
The DPP rejects the so-called " One China principle " defined in 1992 as the basis for official diplomatic relations with the mainland China (PRC) and advocates a Taiwanese national identity which is separate from mainland China.
The largest island Mainland is often referred to as "the Mainland".
The Mainland is split into areas called East and West Mainland.
The relations with Hong Kong and Macau are also conducted by the Mainland Affairs Council, although not all regulations applicable to mainland China are automatically applied to those territories.
Common combinations with mainland
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the mainland 82×
- mainland china 49×
- lower mainland 21×
- mainland and 20×
- in mainland 18×
- from mainland 12×
- to mainland 11×
- of mainland 6×
- and mainland 5×
- mainland by 5×