支那
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[edit] Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
| 支 | 那 |
[edit] Etymology
Sinitic, from Sanskrit चीन (“China”)
[edit] Proper noun
支那 (hiragana しな, romaji Shina)
- China (prewar; often derogatory in modern speech)
[edit] Derived terms
- 支那蕎麦 (しなそば, shina soba, “Chinese noodles, ramen”)
- 支那竹 (しなちく, Shinachiku): Menma (cooked bamboo sprout, a kind of ramen topping)
[edit] Mandarin
| simpl. and trad. | |||
| 支那 | |||
[edit] Proper noun
支那 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Zhīnà)
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- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 支
- Japanese terms spelled with 那
- Japanese terms derived from Sinitic languages
- Japanese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Japanese proper nouns
- Mandarin proper nouns in simplified script
- Mandarin proper nouns in traditional script
- Mandarin proper nouns
- Chinese hanzi
- Mandarin derogatory terms
