Meanings
sino-1
- anatomySinus.
sino-2
- Alternative letter-case form of Sino- (“China”).
Sino-3
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Chinese秦“Qin”
- Arabicصِين“China; the Chinese”
- Sanskritचीन“China”
- Ancient GreekΣῖναι
- Late LatinSīnae“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”
- Medieval LatinSina“China”
- EnglishSino-
From Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) and Late Latin Sīnae (“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”) + -o-, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), of uncertain etymology but likely from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to ultimately derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" on Wikipedia.
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Chinese Mandarin 中-, 漢- /汉-
- 中- (Zhōng-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- 漢- /汉- (Hàn-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- 華- /华- (Huá)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Finnish kiinalais-
- kiinalais-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
French sino-
- sino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
German sino-, Chinesisch-
- sino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- Chinesisch-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Greek σινο-
- σινο- (sino-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Hindi चीनी-
- चीनी- (cīnī-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Irish Sín-
- Sín-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Italian sino-
- sino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Japanese 中-, 漢-
- 中- (Chū-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- 漢- (Kan-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- 華- (Ka-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Korean 중
- 중 (jung-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Polish sino-
- sino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Portuguese sino-
- sino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Russian кита́йско-, си́но-
- кита́йско- (kitájsko-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- си́но- (síno-)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Spanish chino-, sino-
- chino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- sino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Swedish sino-, Kina-
- sino-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- Kina-Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Urdu چین, صِین
- چین (cīn)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- صِین (ṣīn)Of or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Vietnamese Trung, Tàu
- TrungOf or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- TàuOf or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- HánOf or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
- HoaOf or relating to China, the Chinese, or Chinese culture (prefix form)
Cite this entry
sino-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sino-
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