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Sino-Xenic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Related to pronunciations for reading Chinese in Japan, Korea and Vietnam, originating in medieval times and the source of large-scale borrowings of Chinese words into Japonic, Koreanic and Vietnamese languages, none of which are genetically related to Chinese (excluding Sinitic topolects).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Sino- + xeno- + -ic, from Late Latin Sīnae (“the Chinese”) + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign”); coined by American linguist Samuel Martin in 1953.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢字詞 /汉字词 (Hànzìcí) — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • Finnish: ulkokiinalainen — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • French: sinoxénique — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • German: sino-xenisch — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • Hindi: चीन-विदेशी (cīn-videśī) — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • Japanese: 漢語 (kango) — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • Korean: 한자어 (Hanja'eo) — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • Polish: sinokseniczny — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese
  • Portuguese: sino-xênico — related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese