Sinitic

English

Etymology

From Latin Sīna (“China”) +‎ -itic, as in Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪˈnɪtɪk/, /sɪˈnɪtɪk/

Adjective

Sinitic (comparative more Sinitic, superlative most Sinitic)

1. Of or pertaining to Chinese languages
2. Of or pertaining to China or the Chinese peoples

Synonyms

• (Of or related to Chinese languages): Sino-Tibetan, Sinensian

Related terms

• Sinae
• Sinaean
• Sinaic
• Sinensian
• Sinese
• Sinesian
• Sinetic

Translations

relating to the group of Chinese languages

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: չին-տիբեթական (čʻin-tibetʻakan) Burmese: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 漢藏語的 / 汉藏语的 (Hàn Zàng yǔ de) (Sino-Tibetan), 漢語的 / 汉语的 (zh) (Hànyǔ de) (related to Chinese language) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Sinitisch Finnish: sinotiibetiläinen (fi) French: sinitique (fr), chinois (fr) German: sinitisch, chinesisch (de) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: シナ・チベットの (Shina-Chibetto-no), シナ語派 (ja) (shina goha) Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: sinítico Russian: сино-тибе́тский (sino-tibétskij), кита́йский (ru) (kitájskij) Spanish: sinítico Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: Hán (vi), Hán - Tạng

See also

• Chinese
• Sinic