No. 395 in Catalan
xina
The Catalan word "xina" means "China" (the country) in English.
In a sentence
La Xina és un país gran a l'Àsia.
China is a large country in Asia.
Here, the word 'Xina' is used as the proper noun to refer to the country China.
Vaig menjar una xina sucosa per esmorzar.
I ate a juicy tangerine for breakfast.
In this sentence, 'xina' is a colloquial term for a tangerine used in some Catalan dialects.
En els contes xinesos, sovint es parla de valents samurais.
In Chinese stories, brave samurais are often mentioned.
The word 'xinesos' is the adjectival form of 'Xina', used to describe the Chinese origin of the stories.
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