Sino-

See also sino, and sino-

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Sinae (“the Chinese”), from Arabic الصين (al-ṣīn, “China, the Chinese”), from Sanskrit चीन (cina, “China”), from Mandarin 秦 (qín) in 秦朝 (qín cháo, “Chin Dynasty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪnəʊ/, /ˈsaɪnəʊ/

Prefix

Sino-

1. A combining form relating to (the People's Republic of) China or the Chinese.

   In the 1970s, Sino-Soviet rivalry also spread to Africa and the Middle East.

   He's a Sino-Kadazan: half Chinese, half Kadazan.

2. A combining form relating to Chinese-made goods or business of making them.

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:English nationality prefixes

Translations

relating to China or Chinese

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中- (cmn) (Zhōng-), (language, ethnicity) 漢 (cmn), 汉 (cmn) (Hàn-), 華 (cmn), 华 (cmn) (Huá)

• Finnish: kiinalais- (fi)
• French: sino- (fr)
• German: sino- (de), Chinesisch- (de)
• Italian: sino- (it)

• Japanese: 中- (ja) (ちゅう, Chū-), 漢 (ja) (かん, Kan-)
• Korean: 중- (ko) (Jung-) (中- (ko))
• Portuguese: sino- (pt)
• Russian: китайско- (ru) (kitájsko-), сино- (ru) (síno-)
• Vietnamese: Trung (vi) (中 (vi)), Tàu (vi), Hán (vi) (漢 (vi)), Hoa (vi) (華 (vi))