Meanings
- rareuncountableThe Chinese people or a Chinese person, (particularly) with reference to the historical southern Chinese known to the Greeks and Romans as the Sinae.
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The name Θῖναι, Strabo, Σῖναι, Ptol., Τζίνιτζα, Kosmas, did not obtain currency first from the founder of the dynasty Tsin; but, long before this, Tsin was the name of a feudal kingdom in Shensi, one of the western provinces of the Sinese land, and Feitsa, the first feudal King of Tsin, began to reign as early as b.c. 897.
1878, Thomas Rawson Birks, Commentary on the Book of Isaiah, citing a quotation given by Franz Delitzsch, originally by F. W. Newmann, page 247
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- LatinSinae“the Southern Chinese, Southern China”
- Medieval LatinSina“China”
- GermanSinese“a Chinese person”
- EnglishSinese
From German Sinese (“a Chinese person”), from Sina (“China”) + -ese (“-ese: forming demonyms”), from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) + -ensis (“-ese: forming adjs”), from Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese, Southern China”), from Ancient Greek. Equivalent to Sino- + -ese.
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Cite this entry
Sinese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinese
“Sinese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinese. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sinese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinese.
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