Tsina

• Sina — obsolete

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

Borrowed from Spanish China (“China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin).

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) female equivalent of Tsino: female Chinese (person)

• “Tsina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (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]”