Sino-Tibetan

Sino-Tibetan

English

Etymology

Sino- +‎ Tibetan

Adjective

Sino-Tibetan (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, both China and Tibet

   Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.

2. (linguistics) Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.

   Mandarin, Burmese and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.

Derived terms

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Translations

related to China and Tibet

Armenian: չին-տիբեթական (čʿin-tibetʿakan) Chinese: Mandarin: 漢藏, 汉藏 (Hàn Zàng), 中藏 (zh) (Zhōng Zàng) Finnish: kiinalais-tiibetiläinen

French: sinotibétain (fr) m Irish: Sín-Tibéadach Russian: сино-тибе́тский (sino-tibétskij), кита́йско-тибе́тский (kitájsko-tibétskij)

related to Chinese and Tibetan

Armenian: չին-տիբեթական (čʿin-tibetʿakan) Burmese: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 漢藏, 汉藏 (Hàn Zàng) Dutch: Sino-Tibetaans Finnish: sinotiibetiläinen (fi)

French: sinotibétain (fr) m German: sinotibetisch Irish: Sín-Tibéidise Japanese: シナ・チベットの (Shina-Chibetto-no) Russian: сино-тибе́тский (sino-tibétskij), кита́йско-тибе́тский (kitájsko-tibétskij) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can