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Sino-

Sino-

See also: sino, sinó, sino-, si no, sin-o, s-ino, and S-ino

English

Alternative forms

Prefix

Sino-

  1. A combining form relating to China or the Chinese, in those terms' various senses.
    In the 1970s, Sino-Soviet rivalry also spread to Africa and the Middle East.
    He's a Sino-Kadazan: half Chinese, half Kadazan.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_Sino-'>English words prefixed with Sino-</a>

Coordinate terms

  • Appendix:English nationality prefixes

Translations

sino-

sino-

See also: sino, sinó, si no, sin-o, s-ino, Sino-, and S-ino

English

Prefix

sino-

  1. A combining form of sinus.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Sino-

French

Prefix

sino-

  1. Sino- (relating to China)

Italian

Prefix

sino-

  1. Sino- (relating to China)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sino-, from Sina "China" (the country).

Prefix

sino-

  1. Sino- (relating to China)
    Relações sino-nipónicas
    Sino-Japanese relations

Etymology

From Late Latin Sinae ‎(“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι ‎(Sînai, “the southern Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन ‎(Cina, “southern China”), possibly via Arabic اَلصِّين ‎(aṣ-ṣīn, “southern China; the southern Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 ‎(*Dzin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪnəʊ/, /ˈsaɪnəʊ/

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