ay sk aya ▁Res pub lika ) ▁– ▁U sed ▁in ▁Russia ▁and ▁Central ▁Asia ▁ ▁H indi : ▁ ▁( Che ene e ▁gan ara aj y ) ▁– ▁U sed ▁in ▁India ▁ ▁Ur du : ▁ ▁( J am hor i ya ▁Che en ) ▁– ▁U sed ▁in ▁Pakistan ▁ ▁Bur m ese : ▁ ▁( T ar otes am mat an in eng an ) ▁– ▁U sed ▁in ▁My an mar ▁ ▁Vietnam ese : ▁ ▁– ▁U sed ▁in ▁Vietnam ▁ ▁Names ▁in ▁non - Ch inese ▁records ▁ ▁Names ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁parts ▁of ▁Asia , ▁especially ▁East ▁and ▁S out heast ▁Asia , ▁are ▁usually ▁derived ▁directly ▁from ▁words ▁in ▁a ▁language ▁of ▁China . ▁Those ▁languages ▁belonging ▁to ▁a ▁former ▁dependency ▁( t rib ut ary ) ▁or ▁Chinese - infl uen ced ▁country ▁have ▁an ▁especially ▁similar ▁pron unci ation ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁Chinese . ▁Those ▁used ▁in ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁languages , ▁however , ▁have ▁indirect ▁names ▁that ▁came ▁via ▁other ▁routes ▁and ▁may ▁bear ▁little ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁what ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁China . ▁ ▁Ch in , ▁China ▁▁ ▁English , ▁most ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁languages , ▁and ▁many ▁others ▁use ▁various ▁forms ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁China ▁and ▁the ▁prefix ▁" S ino - " ▁or ▁" S in - " ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁S ina . ▁Europe ans ▁had ▁knowledge ▁of ▁a ▁country ▁known ▁in ▁Greek ▁as ▁Th ina ▁or ▁S ina ▁from