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Sino-Japanese

adj · name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Involving both China and Japan, for example the First Sino-Japanese War, or Sino-Japanese vocabulary

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sino- Hokkien 日本 /Ji̍t-púnbor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Japanese English Sino-Japanese From Sino- + Japanese.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: Китаиско-японски (Kitaisko-japonski) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中日的 (zhōngrì de) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢日的 /汉日的 (hànrì de) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢和的 /汉和的 (hànhé de) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 華日的 /华日的 (huárì de) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Farefare: sino-zappan — Involving both China and Japan
  • German: sino-japanisch — Involving both China and Japan
  • Hindi: चीनी-जापानी (cīnī-jāpānī) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Japanese: 日中の (nitchū no) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Japanese: 中日の (chūnichi no) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Japanese: 中和の (chūwa no) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Japanese: 漢和の (kanwa no) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Korean: 중일(中日)의 (jung'ir-ui) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Polish: chińsko-japoński — Involving both China and Japan
  • Portuguese: sino-japonês — Involving both China and Japan
  • Russian: кита́йско-япо́нский (kitájsko-japónskij) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Russian: си́но-япо́нский (síno-japónskij) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Urdu: چِین جاپانِی (cīn-jāpānī) — Involving both China and Japan
  • Vietnamese: Hán Nhật — Involving both China and Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢日詞 /汉日词 (hànrìcí) — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢日語 /汉日语 (hànrìyǔ) — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
  • Japanese: 漢語 (kango) — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
  • Korean: 한어 (haneo) — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
  • Polish: sinojapoński — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
  • Russian: канго́ (kangó) — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
  • Ukrainian: канґо́ (kangó) — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
  • Ukrainian: канго́ (kanhó) — the Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language
Real reading context

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