Cina

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

Cebuano

Etymology

Short for Eufrocina.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ci‧na

Noun

Cina

  1. a nickname for Eufrocina

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From English China, through Malay Cina

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Cina

  1. (now possibly derogatory) China (the country)
  2. (now possibly derogatory) Chinese (language)

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.

Etymology 2

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)

Noun

Cina

  1. (pejorative, ethnic slur) Chink, Chinaman (Chinese person)
Synonyms
  • (Chinese person (pejorative)): singkek

Derived terms

See also

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

Anagrams

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cina

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