Tsina

See also: tsina and tsinã

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Sina — obsolete

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃina/ [ˈt͡ʃi.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Tsi‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish China (“China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin).

Proper noun

Tsina (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)

1. China (a country in East Asia)

   Synonym: (historical) Sungsong

Derived terms

• bunga de-tsina
• buong-sina
• kawayang-sina

 

Related terms

• tsinita
• tsinito
• Tsinoy

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish china (“Chinese woman”).

Noun

Tsina (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)

1. (literary) female equivalent of Tsino: female Chinese (person)

Related terms

• kamisa tsino

 

See also

• Intsik
• Tsekwa

 

Further reading

• “Tsina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 156: “China) Sina (pp) .|. coſa de la china, tierra de los ſangleyes, ante pueſto [ſin caſo]”