Tsina

• Sina – obsolete

• Hyphenation: Tsi‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃina/, [ˈt͡ʃi.nɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish China (“China”), ultimately from Chinese 秦 (Qín).

Tsina (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)

1. China (a country in East Asia)

   Synonym: (historical) Sungsong

Borrowed from Spanish china (“Chinese woman”).

Tsina (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)

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

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