Sino-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sino"

English

Alternative forms

• sino-

Etymology

From Late Latin Sīnae (“the Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين‎ (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnəʊ/, /ˈsaɪnəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnoʊ/, /ˈsaɪnoʊ/

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.

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:English nationality prefixes

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with Sino-

Translations

relating to China or Chinese

• Armenian: չին- (čʿin-)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: kiinalais- (fi)
• French: sino- (fr)
• German: sino-, Chinesisch- (de)
• Greek: σινο- (el) (sino-)
• Irish: Sín-
• Italian: sino- (it)
• Japanese: 中- (ja) (ちゅう, Chū-), 漢- (ja) (かん, Kan-), 華- (ja) (か, Ka-)
• Korean: 중(中) (jung-)
• Portuguese: sino- (pt)
• Russian: кита́йско- (kitájsko-), си́но- (síno-)
• Spanish: chino-, sino-
• Urdu: چین‎ m (cīn), صِین‎ m (ṣīn) ((rare))
• Vietnamese: Trung (vi) (中 (vi)), Tàu (vi), Hán (vi) (漢 (vi)), Hoa (vi) (華)

See also

• Sinim

Anagrams

• -osin, -sion, Ions, Ison, NOIs, Sion, Soni, ions, ison, onis, sion