GB / T8162 – China National Standard ASTM A53 – American Society for Testing and Materials Standard ASME SA53 – American Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Uses China National Standard ASTM A53 – American Society for Testing and Materials Standard ASME SA53 – American Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Uses
The English word "China" is first attested in Richard Eden's 1555 translation of the 1516 journal of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa. The demonym, that is, the name for the people, and adjectival form "Chinese" developed later on the model of Portuguese chinês and French chinois. Portuguese China is thought to derive from Persian Chīn (), which may be traced further back to Sanskrit ...