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 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 (*Dzin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

Sino-

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)

Anagrams

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