China/translations

This page contains translations for China. See the main entry for more information.

English

Proper noun

Translations

country in East Asia — see also Serica,‎ Cathay

• Abkhaz: Чынҭ (Čənt)
• Acehnese: please add this translation if you can
• Adyghe: Китай (Kitaj)
• Afrikaans: Sjina (af), China (af)
• Ahom: 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 𑜁𑜦𑜧 (müṅ khē)
• Akan: Kyaina
• Albanian: Kinë f (indefinite), Kina (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ቻይና (čayna)
• Arabic: الصِّين (ar) f (aṣ-ṣīn)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ (čīna)

  Classical Syriac: ܨܝܢ (Ṣīn), ܨܝܢܣܬܐܢ

• Armenian: Չինաստան (hy) (Čʻinastan)

  Old Armenian: Ճենք (Čenkʻ), Ճենաստան (Čenastan)

• Assamese: চীনদেশ (sindex), চীন (sin), খেহদেশ (khehdex)
• Asturian: China (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Çin (az)

  Cyrillic: Чин, Чȁјна f (slang)

• Bashkir: Ҡытай (Qıtay)
• Basque: Txina
• Bavarian: Kina
• Belarusian: Кіта́й m (Kitáj)
• Bengali: চীন (bn) (cin), গণচীন (bn) (gonocin)
• Bhojpuri: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: Sina (br)
• Bulgarian: Кита́й (bg) m (Kitáj)
• Burmese: တရုတ် (my) (ta.rut)
• Buryat: Хитад pl (Xitad)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Кіта́й m (Kitáj), Чі́на f (Čína)
• Catalan: Xina (ca) f
• Chakma: 𑄌𑄩𑄚𑄴 (cīn)
• Chechen: Китай (Kitaj)
• Cherokee: ᏥᎾ (tsina)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中國 / 中国 (yue) (zung¹ gwok³), 中華 / 中华 (formal, poetic, exalted)

  Dungan: Җунгуй (Žunguy), Җунгуә (Žunguə)

  Eastern Min: 中國 / 中国 (Dṳ̆ng-guók)

  Gan: 中國 / 中国

  Hakka: 中國 / 中国 (Chûng-koet) (Sixian, PFS), 中國 / 中国 (zung¹ guêd⁵) (Meixian, Guangdong)

  Jin: 中國 / 中国

  Mandarin: 中國 / 中国 (zh) (Zhōngguó), 中華 / 中华 (zh) (formal, poetic, exalted), 華 / 华 (zh) (Huá) (abbreviation)

  Northern Min: 中國 / 中国

  Southern Min: 中國 / 中国 (zh-min-nan) (Tiong-kok)

  Taishanese: 中國 / 中国 (zuung¹ gok²)

  Teochew: 中國 / 中国 (dong¹ gog⁴)

  Wu: 中國 / 中国 (¹tson-koq₇)

  Xiang: 中國 / 中国

• Coptic: ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ (amitōn)
• Czech: Čína (cs) f
• Danish: Kina (da) n
• Dhivehi: ޗައިނާ (cainā), ސީނުކަރަ (sīnukara)
• Dutch: China (nl) n
• Dzongkha: རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag), ཀྲུང་ཀོ (krung ko)
• Erzya: Китай мастор (Kitaj mastor)
• Esperanto: Ĉinio, Ĉinujo, Ĥinujo (archaic)
• Estonian: Hiina (et)
• Farefare: Sina, Siŋo
• Faroese: Kina n
• Finnish: Kiina (fi)
• French: Chine (fr) f
• Galician: China (gl) f
• Georgian: ჩინეთი (ka) (čineti)
• German: China (de) n
• Greek: Κίνα (el) f (Kína)

  Ancient: Σῖναι f pl (Sînai)

• Green Hmong: Suav Teb, Tuam Tshoj
• Gujarati: ચીન (cīn)
• Hausa: Sin
• Hawaiian: Kina
• Hebrew: סִין (he) f (sin)
• Hiligaynon: Kainsikán
• Hindi: चीन (hi) m (cīn), चाइना m (cāinā), चीनी गणराज्य (hi) m (cīnī gaṇrājya)
• Hlai: Dongxgok
• Hungarian: Kína (hu)
• Hunsrik: China n
• Icelandic: Kína (is) n
• Ido: Chinia (io)
• Indonesian: Cina (id), China (id), Tiongkok (id)
• Interlingua: China (ia)
• Irish: An tSín, Daon-Phoblacht na Síne f
• Italian: Cina (it) f
• Japanese: 中国 (ja) (ちゅ​うごく, Chūgoku), 支那 (ja) (しな, Shina) (dated, now considered pejorative)
• Jarai: čar Khăč
• Jeju: 천ᄌᆞ국 (cheonjawguk), 대국 (daeguk)
• Kalenjin: Chaina
• Kalmyk: Китд pl (Kitd)
• Kamba: Chaina
• Kannada: ಚೀನಾ (cīnā), ಚೀನ (kn) (cīna)
• Karachay-Balkar: Къытай (Qıtay)
• Karaim: Хина (Hina)
• Kashmiri: चीन (cīn)
• Kazakh: Қытай (kk) (Qytai)

  Arabic: قىتاي, جۇڭگو

• Khakas: Хыдат (Xıdat)
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)
• Kikuyu: Chaina
• Komi-Permyak: Кина (Kina)
• Komi-Zyrian: Китай (Kitaj)
• Korean: 중국(中國) (ko) (Jungguk)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چین (ckb) (çîn)

  Northern Kurdish: Çîn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Кытай (ky) (Kıtay), Жуңго (Juŋgo)
• Lao: ຈີນ (lo) (chīn)
• Latgalian: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Sina f, Sinae (la) f, Serica f, Chinae f
• Latvian: Ķīna (lv) f
• Lezgi: Чин (Čin)
• Lithuanian: Kinija (lt) f
• Lü: ᦷᦋᧂᧈ ᦷᦅᧉ (tsong¹ ko²), ᦙᦵᦲᧂᦠᦸᧉ (moengḣoa²)
• Luhya: Chaina
• Luo: Chaina
• Macedonian: Кина (mk) f (Kina)
• Magahi: please add this translation if you can
• Maguindanao: please add this translation if you can
• Maithili: please add this translation if you can
• Malagasy: Sina (mg)
• Malay: Negara China, China (ms), Cina
• Malayalam: ചൈന (ml) (caina)
• Maltese: iċ-Ċina f
• Manchu: ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (dulimbai gurun), ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (nikan gurun) (historical)
• Manx: Yn Cheen f
• Maori: Haina
• Maranao: Sina
• Marathi: चीन (cīn)
• Meru: Chaina
• Middle Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Middle Persian: 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn /⁠čīn⁠/)
• Mirandese: China f
• Moksha: Китай (Kitaj)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Хятад (mn) (Xjatad) (Mongolia), Дундад улс (Dundad uls) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad), ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (dumdadu ulus)

• Navajo: Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Nepali: चीन (cīna)
• Norman: Chène f (continental Normandy), Chaenne f (Guernsey), Chinne f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kina (no) n

  Nynorsk: Kina (nn) n

• Nuosu: ꍏꇩ (zho guop)
• Occitan: China (oc) f
• Odia: ଚୀନ (or) (cina), ଚାଇନା (cāinā)
• Okinawan: 唐 (とー, tō)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Срѣдинꙗнє n (Srědinjane) (modern)

• Old East Slavic: Китаи m (Kitai)
• Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲 (Tabɣač)
• Ossetian: Китай (Kitaj)
• Palauan: Sina
• Pannonian Rusyn: Китай m (Kitaj)
• Pashto: چين (ps) m (čin), ختاي m (xatāy)
• Pela: tʃuŋ³⁵kɔ³¹, xɛ⁵⁵ mau³¹
• Persian:

  Dari: چِین (čīn)

  Iranian Persian: چین (fa) (čin)

  Classical Persian: چینستان (čīnestān)

• Polish: Chiny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: China (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਚੀਨ (pa) m (cīn)

  Shahmukhi: چِین m (cīn)

• Rade: Khê̆č
• Rarotongan: Tinito
• Rohingya: Sina
• Romanian: China (ro) f
• Russian: Кита́й (ru) m (Kitáj), Поднебе́сная (ru) f (Podnebésnaja) (poetic or ironic), Среди́нное Ца́рство n (Sredínnoje Cárstvo) (Middle Kingdom)
• S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်စံၣ် (kaw̱ seè)
• Sanskrit: चीन (sa) m (cīna)
• Santali: ᱪᱤᱱ (cin)
• Scots: Cheenae
• Scottish Gaelic: Sìona f, Sìna f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ки́на f

  Roman: Kína (sh) f, Čȁjna f (slang)

• Shor: Қыдат
• Sicilian: Cina f
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sindhi: چين (sd)
• Sinhalese: චීනය (si) (cīnaya)
• Slovak: Čína (sk) f
• Slovene: Kitájska (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Chinska f

  Upper Sorbian: China f

• Southern Altai: Кыдат (Kïdat), Китай (Kitay)
• Spanish: China (es) f, Catay
• Sranan Tongo: Sneisikondre
• Swahili: Uchina, China
• Swedish: Kina (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠌꠤꠘ (sin)
• Tagalog: Tsina
• Tajik: Чин (tg) (Čin), Хитой (tg) (Xitoy)
• Tamil: சீனா (ta) (cīṉā)
• Tangsa: Khe mung
• Tatar: Кытай (Qıtay)
• Tausug: Sungsung
• Telugu: చైనా (te) (cainā)
• Thai: จีน (th) (jiin)
• Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag), ཀྲུང་གོ (krung go)
• Tigre: ሲን (sin), ቻይና (čayna)
• Tigrinya: ቻይና (čayna)
• Tokelauan: Haina
• Turkish: Çin (tr)
• Turkmen: Hytaý (tk), Çin (tk)

  Cyrillic: Хытай, Чин

• Tuvan: Кыдат (Kıdat)
• Udmurt: Китай (Kitaj)
• Ukrainian: Кита́й (uk) m (Kytáj)
• Urdu: چِین m (cīn)
• Uyghur: خىتاي (xitay), جۇڭگو (junggo)

  Cyrillic: Хитай (Xitay), Җуңго (Junggo)

• Uzbek: Xitoy (uz)

  Cyrillic: Хитой (Xitoy)

• Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國 (vi)), Trung Hoa (vi) (中華 (vi)), Tàu (vi)
• Volapük: Tsyinän (vo)
• Welsh: Tsieina (cy)
• White Hmong: Suav Teb, Tuam Tshoj (archaic)
• Written Oirat: ᡍᡅᡐᠠᡑ pl (kitad)
• Wutunhua: zhungo
• Yakan: Sina'
• Yakut: Кытай (Kıtay)
• Yiddish: כינע f (khine)
• Yoruba: Ṣáínà
• Zazaki: Çin (diq)
• Zhuang: Cungguek, Cunghgoz
• Zulu: IShayina

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

• Afrikaans: Sjina (af)
• Arabic: الصِّين (ar) f (aṣ-ṣīn)
• Armenian: Չինաստան (hy) (Čʻinastan)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ (čīna)
• Asturian: China (ast)
• Basque: Txina
• Catalan: Xina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中國 / 中国 (zh) (Zhōngguó), ^{(please verify)} 神州 (zh) (Shénzhōu)

• Danish: Kina (da)
• Estonian: Hiina (et)
• Finnish: Kiina (fi)
• Galician: China (gl) f
• Green Hmong: Suav Teb, Tuam Tshoj
• Hawaiian: Kina
• Hindi: चीन (hi) (cīn), चाइना m (cāinā)
• Indonesian: Tiongkok (id)
• Irish: An tSín f
• Japanese: 中国 (ja) (ちゅうごく, Chūgoku)
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)
• Korean: 중국(中國) (ko) (Jungguk)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چین (ckb) (çîn)

  Northern Kurdish: Çîn (ku)

• Macedonian: Кина (mk) f (Kina)
• Malay: China (ms)
• Manchu: ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (dulimbai gurun)
• Marathi: चीन (cīn)
• Navajo: Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kina (no) n

  Nynorsk: Kina (nn) n

• Persian:

  Dari: چِین (čīn)

  Iranian Persian: چین (fa) (čin)

• Polish: Chiny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: China (pt) f
• Romanian: China (ro) f
• Russian: Кита́й (ru) m (Kitáj)
• Sanskrit: चीन (sa) (cīna)
• Santali: ᱪᱤᱱ (cin)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ки́на f

  Roman: Kína (sh) f

• Sicilian: Cina f
• Sindhi: چين (sd)
• Slovene: Kitájska (sl) f
• Somali: Shiinaha
• Spanish: China (es) f
• Swedish: Kina (sv)
• Urdu: چِین m (cīn)
• Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國 (vi)), Trung Hoa (vi) (中華 (vi)), Tàu (vi)
• White Hmong: Suav Teb, Tuam Tshoj (archaic)
• Xibe: ᡪᡠᡢᡬᠣ (jungg'o)

civilization of the Chinese people

• Afrikaans: Sjina (af)
• Arabic: الصِّين (ar) f (aṣ-ṣīn)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ (čīna)
• Asturian: China (ast)
• Catalan: Xina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中華文明 / 中华文明 (Zhōnghuá wénmíng), 華夏 / 华夏 (zh) (Huáxià), 諸夏 / 诸夏 (zh) (zhūxià)

• Danish: Kina (da)
• Estonian: Hiina (et)
• Finnish: Kiina (fi)
• Green Hmong: Suav Teb, Tuam Tshoj
• Hindi: चीन (hi) m (cīn)
• Indonesian: Tionghoa (id)
• Irish: An tSín f
• Khmer: ចិន (km) (cən)
• Korean: 중국문명(中華文明) (junggungmunmyeong)
• Macedonian: Кина (mk) f (Kina)
• Malay: Cina
• Persian:

  Dari: چِین (čīn)

  Iranian Persian: چین (fa) (čin)

• Portuguese: China (pt) f
• Russian: Кита́й (ru) m (Kitáj)
• Santali: ᱪᱤᱱ (cin)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ки́на f

  Roman: Kína (sh) f

• Sindhi: چين (sd)
• Slovene: Kitájska (sl) f
• Swedish: Kina (sv)
• Urdu: چِین m (cīn)
• Vietnamese: Trung Quốc (vi) (中國 (vi)), Trung Hoa (vi) (中華 (vi)), Tàu (vi)
• White Hmong: Suav Teb, Tuam Tshoj (archaic)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} Sina (br)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} China (ia)