Sino-

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

English

Alternative forms

• sino-

Etymology

From Late Latin Sīnae (“the southern Chinese”), from Ptolemy's Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai, “the southern Chinese”), of uncertain etymology but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “southern China”), possibly via Arabic صِين‎ (ṣīn, “southern China; the southern Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*Dzin, “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 words prefixed with Sino-

Translations

relating to China or Chinese

• Armenian: չին- (čʿin-)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中- (zh) (Zhōng-), (language, ethnicity) 漢- (zh), 汉- (zh) (Hàn-), 華- (zh), 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- (ko) (Jung-) (中- (ko))
• Portuguese: sino- (pt)
• Russian: кита́йско- (kitájsko-), си́но- (síno-)
• Spanish: chino-, sino-
• Vietnamese: Trung (vi) (中 (vi)), Tàu (vi), Hán (vi) (漢 (vi)), Hoa (vi) (華)

Anagrams

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