Tjina

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Indonesian

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Proper noun

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Tjina

  1. superseded spelling of Cina.

Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay Cina (China).

Proper noun

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Tjina

  1. China
    ...kerna nona tentoe ada lebi taoe bagimana oeroesannja orang Tjina.[1](please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

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  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 45