Standard Lemma guide

Sinitic

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /saɪˈnɪtɪk/
  • /sɪˈnɪtɪk/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Chinese languages

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to China or the Chinese peoples

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Sinitic dialects

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a group of Sino-Tibetan languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sinitic language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language

Narrower terms: Chinese

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: չին-տիբեթական (čʻin-tibetʻakan) — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢藏語的 /汉藏语的 (Hàn Zàng yǔ de) — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢語的 /汉语的 (Hànyǔ de) — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Dutch: Sinitisch — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Finnish: sinotiibetiläinen — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • French: sinitique — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • French: chinois — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • German: sinitisch — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • German: chinesisch — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Japanese: シナ・チベットの (Shina-Chibetto-no) — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Japanese: シナ語派 (shina goha) — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Latin: Sinicus — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Portuguese: sinítico — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Russian: сино-тибе́тский (sino-tibétskij) — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Russian: кита́йский (kitájskij) — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Spanish: sinítico — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Vietnamese: Hán — relating to the group of Chinese languages
  • Vietnamese: Hán - Tạng — relating to the group of Chinese languages