a. and sb. Obs. Chinese.

1

  1613.  Purchas, Pilgr., I. IV. x. 344. In the Chinian Epistles.

2

1657.  Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 146. Chinean Rhabarb.

3

  1599.  Hakluyt, Voy., II. 263. The Chinians are very suspitious and doe not trust strangers.

4

1613.  Purchas, Pilgr., I. IV. x. 344. Of the Chinians and Cathayans.

5