This is the 309th most frequent Finnish word.
kiinan
The Finnish word "kiinan" is the genitive form of "Kiina," meaning "of China" or "Chinese" (possessive/context-dependent).
'Kiinan' is used to denote the genitive form of 'Kiina', modifying 'kieltä' to specify the type of language being studied.
Opiskelen parhaillaan kiinan kieltä.
I am currently studying the Chinese language.
Here, 'Kiinan' functions as the genitive of 'Kiina' indicating possession, showing that the culture belongs to China.
Kiinan kulttuuri on hyvin mielenkiintoinen.
Chinese culture is very interesting.
In this sentence, 'kiinan' qualifies 'temppelissä' to denote that the temple is Chinese in origin or style.