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صِينِيّ
Chinese /sˤiːˈnijj/
adjectiveB1#1912 most common
Also: Chinese person, porcelain (china)
Example sentences
هٰذَا طَعَامٌ صِينِيٌّ.
This is Chinese food.
أُحِبُّ الشَّايَ الصِّينِيَّ.
I like Chinese tea.
صَدِيقِي صِينِيٌّ مِنْ بِكِّين.
My friend is Chinese, from Beijing.
تَعَلَّمْتُ بَعْضَ الكَلِمَاتِ في اللُّغَةِ الصِّينِيَّةِ.
I learned a few words in the Chinese language.
يَعْمَلُ في مَصْنَعٍ يُنْتِجُ خَزَفًا صِينِيًّا رَفِيعًا.
He works in a factory that produces fine Chinese porcelain.
لَاقَى الاقْتِصَادُ الصِّينِيُّ نُمُوًّا مُطَّرِدًا رَغْمَ التَّوَتُّرَاتِ التِّجَارِيَّةِ.
The Chinese economy saw steady growth despite the trade tensions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صِينِيٌّ | صِينِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | صِينِيٍّ | صِينِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | صِينِيًّا | صِينِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا صِينِيُّ | يَا صِينِيُّونَ |
Word family
الصِّينChina
صِينِيَّةtray; porcelain; Chinese woman
صِينِيُّونَthe Chinese (people)
صِينِيَّاتChinese items or wares
Etymology
The word combines the place name الصِّين, meaning China, with the nisba suffix ـِيّ, which turns a noun into a relational adjective. The name of the country reached Arabic through Persian, which took it from an Indian form of the name of the Qin dynasty. The same source lies behind the English word China.
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