China

See also: china

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

(UK, US) enPR: chī'nə, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/, [ˈt͡ʃ(ʰ)aɪ̯nə]
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Rhymes: -aɪnə

EtymologyEdit

From Persian (čīnī, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of (čīn, “China”) and the suffix (-ī), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).

Typically thought to be derived from the Qin (Wade-Giles: "Ch'in") Dynasty (秦朝).

Proper nounEdit

China

A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国).
A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The civilization of the Chinese people.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from "China"

TranslationsEdit

Country in east Asia

Abkhaz: Чынҭ (Č̍ənt)
Afrikaans: Sjina, China
Albanian: Kina (sq)
Amharic: ቻይና (čayna)
Arabic: الصين f (al-ṣīn)
Egyptian Arabic: الصين f (el-ṣīn)
Armenian: Չինաստան (Čʿinastan)
Asturian: China (ast) f
Azeri: Çin (az)
Cyrillic: Чин
Bashkir: Ҡытай (Qïtay)
Basque: Txina
Bavarian: Kina
Belarusian: Кітай m (Kitáj)
Bengali: চীন (cin), গণচীন (gôncin)
Bulgarian: Китай (bg) m (Kitáj)
Burmese: တရုတ် (my) (tăyouq), တရုတ်နိုင်ငံ (tăyouq-nain-gan)
Catalan: Xina (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏥᎾ (tsina)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 中國, 中国 (zung1 gwok3)

Mandarin: 中國 (zh), 中国 (zh) (Zhōngguó)

Min Nan: 中國 (zh-min-nan), 中国 (Tiong-kok)
Czech: Čína (cs) f
Danish: Kina (da)
Dhivehi: ޗައިނާ (čainā), ސީނުކަރަ (sīnukara)
Dutch: China (nl) n
Dzongkha: རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag), རྒྱ་མི (rgya mi)
Esperanto: Ĉinio, Ĉinujo, Ĥinujo
Estonian: Hiina (et)
Faroese: Kina n
Finnish: Kiina (fi)
French: Chine (fr) f
Galician: China (gl) f
Georgian: ჩინეთი (č’inet’i)
German: China (de) n
Greek: Κίνα (el) f (Kína)
Guernésiais: Chaenne f
Gujarati: ચીન (čin)
Hawaiian: Kina
Hebrew: סִין (he) f (sin)
Hindi: चीन (hi) m (cīn)
Hungarian: Kína (hu)
Icelandic: Kína (is) n
Ido: Chinia (io)
Indonesian: Cina, China, Tiongkok
Interlingua: China
Interlingue: China
Irish: An tSín, Daon-Phoblacht na Síne f
Italian: Cina (it) f
Japanese: 中国 (ja) (ちゅうごく, Chūgoku)
Jèrriais: Chinne f
Kalenjin: Chaina
Kamba: Chaina
Kannada: ಚೀನಾ (čīnā), ಚೀನ (kn) (čīna)
Kashmiri: चीन (cīn)
Kazakh: Қытай (Qıtay), Жұңго (Juñgo)
Khmer: ចិន (km) (chən)
Kikuyu: Chaina
Korean: 중국 (ko) (Jungguk) (中國 (ko))
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: Çîn (ku)

Sorani: چین (Çîn)
Kyrgyz: Кытай (Kıtay), Жуңго (Cuñgo)
Lao: ຈີນ (lo) (ciin)

Latin: Sina f
Latvian: Ķīna (lv) f
Lithuanian: Kinija (lt)
Lojban: djunguos
Luhya: Chaina
Luo: Chaina
Macedonian: Кина (mk) f (Kína)
Malagasy: Sina
Malay: Negara China, China, Cina
Malayalam: ചൈന (ml) (čaina)
Maltese: iċ-Ċina f
Marathi: चीन (čīn)
Meru: Chaina
Middle Persian: 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn)
Mongolian: Хятад (Hjatad), Дундад улс (Dundad uls)
Uyghurjin: (Inner Mongolia) ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (Kitad), ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (Dumdadu ulus)
Navajo: Tsiiʼyiishbizhí Dinéʼiʼ Bikéyah
Nepali: चीन (cīn)
Norman: Chène f
Norwegian: Kina (no)
Novial: China
Oriya: ଚୀନ (čīn)
Ossetian: Китай (Kitaj)
Palauan: Sina
Pashto: چين (ps) (Čīn), ختاي (Ḫatāy)
Persian: چین (fa) (Čin)
Polish: Chiny (pl) pl
Portuguese: China (pt) f
Punjabi: ਚੀਨ (čīn)
Romanian: China f
Russian: Китай (ru) m (Kitáj), (poetic) Поднебесная f (Podnebésnaja), Срединное Царство n (Sredínnoje Cárstvo) (Middle Kingdom)
Rusyn: Кітай m (Kitáj)
Sanskrit: चीन m (čīna)
Scots: Cheenae
Scottish Gaelic: Sìona f, Sìna f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Кина f

Roman: Kina f
Sinhalese: චීනය (cīnaya)
Slovak: Čína f
Slovene: Kitájska f
Spanish: China (es) f
Swahili: Uchina
Swedish: Kina (sv)
Tagalog: Tsina
Tajik: Чин (Čin), Хитой (Xitoy)
Tamil: சீனா (ta) (cīṉā)
Tatar: Кытай (Qıtay)
Telugu: చైనా (te) (čainā)
Thai: จีน (th) (jeen)
Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag), ཀྲུང་གོ (kruṅ go)
Turkish: Çin (tr)
Turkmen: Hytaý, Çin (tk)
Cyrillic: Хытай, Чин
Tuvan: Кыдат (Kydat)
Ukrainian: Китай (uk) m (Kytáj)
Urdu: چین m (cīn)
Uyghur: خىتاي (xitay), جۇڭگو (junggo)
Uzbek: Xitoy (uz)
Cyrillic: Хитой
Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國), Trung Hoa, Tàu
Welsh: Tsieina
Yiddish: כינע f (Khine)

Region corresponding to the People's Republic of China and Taiwan

Afrikaans: Sjina
Arabic: الصين f (al-Siin)
Armenian: Չինաստան (Čʿinastan)
Basque: Txina
Catalan: Xina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中國 (zh), 中国 (zh) (Zhōngguó)
Danish: Kina (da)
Estonian: Hiina (et)
Finnish: Kiina (fi)
Hawaiian: Kina
Hindi: चीन (hi) (čīn)
Irish: An tSín f
Japanese: 中国 (ja) (ちゅうごく, Chūgoku)
Khmer: ចិន (km) (jen)
Korean: 중국지역 (junggukjiyeok) (中國地域)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: Çîn (ku)

Sorani: چین (Çîn)

Macedonian: Кина (mk) f (Kína)
Malay: China
Marathi: चीन (čīn)
Navajo: Tsiiʼyiishbizhí Dinéʼiʼ Bikéyah
Norwegian: Kina (no)
Persian: چین (fa) (čīn)
Polish: Chiny (pl) pl
Portuguese: China (pt) f
Romanian: China f
Russian: Китай (ru) m (Kitáj)
Sanskrit: चीन (čīn)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Кина f

Roman: Kina f
Slovene: Kitájska f
Somali: Shiinaha
Swedish: Kina (sv)
Urdu: چین (čīn)
Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國), Trung Hoa, Tàu

Civilisation of the Chinese people

Afrikaans: Sjina
Arabic: الصين f (al-Siin)
Catalan: Xina (ca) f
Danish: Kina (da)
Finnish: Kiina (fi)
Irish: An tSín f
Khmer: ចិន (km) (jen)
Korean: 중국문명 (junggukmunmyeong) [中華文明]
Macedonian: Кина (mk) f (Kína)

Malay: Cina
Persian: چین (fa) (čīn)
Portuguese: China (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Кина f

Roman: Kina f
Slovene: Kitájska f
Swedish: Kina (sv)
Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi), Trung Hoa, Tàu

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: Sina
Dhivehi: ސީނުކަރަ (Seenu Kara)
Interlingua: China

AnagramsEdit

chain

AfrikaansEdit

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^af

Alternative formsEdit

Sjina

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From Dutch China.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈʃi.na]

Proper nounEdit

China

China

AsturianEdit

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^ast

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China f

China (country in east Asia)

Related termsEdit

chinu

DutchEdit

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^nl

PronunciationEdit

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China ?

China (country)

GermanEdit

German Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^de

PronunciationEdit

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IPA^(key): [ˈçiːnaː], colloquially: [ˈʃiːnaː]
Austria, Switzerland: [ˈkiːnaː]
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Proper nounEdit

China n

China (country)

IndonesianEdit

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^id

Proper nounEdit

China

China (country)
Chinese (language)

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Cina

InterlinguaEdit

Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^ia

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China

China (country)

MalayEdit

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^ms

EtymologyEdit

From English China, from Middle Persian [script?] (ṣīn, “Chinese; porcelain”), probably from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “a people of south-eastern Tibet”).

PronunciationEdit

(Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinə/
(Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃina/
Rhymes: -inə, -nə, -ə

Proper nounEdit

China

China (country)
Chinese (language)

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Cina

PortugueseEdit

China on Portuguese Wikipedia

Wikipedia ^pt

bandeira da China

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(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.nɐ/
Hyphenation: Chi‧na

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China f

China (country)

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China f

China (country)

SpanishEdit

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

China

Wikipedia ^es

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈtʃina/

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China f

China (country)

Related termsEdit

chino, china

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