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Sino-Korean
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪn.əʊ kəˈɹiːən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.noʊ kəˈɹi.ən/
Adjective
Sino-Korean (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining both to China and to Korea; being both Chinese and Korean.
- the state of Sino-Korean relations
- (specifically, linguistics, of a Korean word) Etymologically borrowed or otherwise derived from an eighth-century dialect of Middle Chinese which greatly influenced the Korean language.
- Until the fifteenth century, Koreans had a native word for the numeral "hundred", but it has since been replaced by a Sino-Korean word.
Translations
being both Chinese and Korean
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Noun
Sino-Korean (uncountable)
- The elements in the Korean language derived from the said dialect of Middle Chinese:
- The Korean vocabulary borrowed or otherwise derived from the said dialect.
- The distinctive Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters, which is an adaptation of the pronunciation of the said dialect into Korean phonology.
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