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Sino-¹

  • /ˈsaɪnəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsɪnəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsaɪnoʊ/ US
  • /ˈsaɪnɒ/ US
  • /ˈsɪnɒ/ US

Where it comes from

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.

prefix sino-

  1. in compounds, morpheme Combining form of China and Chinese In the 1970s, Sino-Soviet rivalry also spread to Africa and the Middle East.

sino-²

prefix

  1. morpheme Sinus.

sino-³

prefix

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

Translations

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prefix Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)

Españolchino-, sino-
한국어중 jung-
日本語中- Chū-, 漢- Kan-, 華- Ka-
中文中- Zhōng-, 漢- /汉- Hàn-, 華- /华- Huá
हिन्दीचीनी- cīnī-
Portuguêssino-
Françaissino-
Deutschsino-, Chinesisch-
Italianosino-
Ελληνικάσινο- sino-
Русскийкита́йско- kitájsko-, си́но- síno-
Tiếng ViệtTrung, Tàu, Hán, Hoa

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@misc{sino_2026,
  title = {sino-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sino-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}