Cina

See also: cina, ĉina, ciña, cină, čina, čína, Čína, cīņa, and cḯna

Cebuano

Etymology

Short for Eufrocina.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ci‧na

Noun

Cina

1. a nickname for Eufrocina

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Indonesian

Etymology

Through Malay Cina, from a phonetic transcription of Sanskrit चीन (cīna), itself likely deriving from Old Chinese 秦 (*dzin, “State of Qin, Qin dynasty”). Compare Latin Sinae, Ancient Greek Θῖνα (Thîna), Arabic اَلصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn), Chinese 支那 (Zhīnà), Chinese 震旦 (Zhèndàn), Japanese 支那 (shina) and English China.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃi.na]
• Hyphenation: Ci‧na

Proper noun

Cina

1. (now possibly derogatory) China (the country)
2. (now possibly derogatory) Chinese (language)
3. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Chink, Chinaman (Chinese person)

Usage notes

In Indonesia, this term is still commonly used, but (as of March 12, 2014) it is no longer used by the Indonesian government and most Indonesian-language media due to its racist overtones.

Synonyms

• (China): Tiongkok
• (Chinese): Tionghoa
• (Chinese person (pejorative)): singkek

Derived terms

• bahasa Cina

Further reading

• “Cina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 支那 (Shina), from Middle Chinese 支那 (tsye na), a phonetic transcription of Sanskrit चीन (cīna), itself likely deriving from Old Chinese 秦 (*dzin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃina/

Proper noun

Cina f

1. China. Official name: Repubblica Popolare Cinese

Derived terms

• cinese

Anagrams

• acni
• cani
• inca

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Malay

Alternative forms

• China

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English China, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian چین (čin, “Chinese; porcelain”), probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “a people of south-eastern Tibet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinə/
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃina/
• Rhymes: -inə, -nə, -ə

Proper noun

Cina

1. China (the country)
2. Chinese (language)