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Sino-

prefix
/ˈsaɪnəʊ/UK/ˈsaɪnoʊ/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) and Late Latin Sīnae (“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”) + -o-, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), of uncertain etymology but likely from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to ultimately derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" on Wikipedia.

  1. derived from ^秦
  2. derived from ^صِين — “China; the Chinese”
  3. derived from ^चीन — “China”
  4. derived from Σῖναι
  5. derived from Sīnae — “the Southern Chinese; Southern China”
  6. derived from Sina

Definitions

  1. Combining form of China and Chinese.

    • In the 1970s, Sino-Soviet rivalry also spread to Africa and the Middle East.
    • He's a Sino-Kadazan: half Han, half Kadazan.

  2. Sinus.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Sino- (“China”).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA