proper noun/ʃin/
China (a country in Asia)
Related: Chine continentale, encre de Chine, groseille de Chine, mûrier de Chine, République de Chine, République populaire de Chine
From Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).