Sino-
China, in compounds
Sino- is a prefix meaning Chinese or relating to China, used in compound terms: Sino-Japanese relations, Sino-American trade.
Sinology is the academic study of Chinese language, history, and culture.
The prefix comes from a Greek word for China and appears almost exclusively in formal or scholarly contexts.
Of that Asian nation
- MandarinHigh-ranking government official
- CantoneseSouthern Chinese dialect
- TibetanOf a Himalayan region
- tonalRelating to pitch
characters · hanzi · pinyin · romanization · dialect · language family · script · logographic
East Asian superpower
- ChineseOf that Asian nation
- East AsiaChina-Japan-Korea region
- BeijingChina's seat of government
- ShanghaiChinese coastal financial center
Tibet · Taiwan · Hong Kong · Manchuria · Canton · Yangtze · Yellow River · Great Wall
Connections or dealings
Russian · Indian · bilateral · treaty · war · conflict · detente · rapprochement
Learns through examination
- scholarLearned, studious person
- orientalistScholar of Eastern cultures
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
specialist · historian · linguist · anthropologist · archaeology · literature · philosophy · Confucian
Chinese
Of that Asian nation
- MandarinHigh-ranking government official
- CantoneseSouthern Chinese dialect
- TibetanOf a Himalayan region
tonal · characters · hanzi · pinyin · romanization · dialect · language family · script · logographic · ideograph
China
East Asian superpower
Shanghai · Tibet · Taiwan · Hong Kong · Manchuria · Canton · Yangtze · Yellow River · Great Wall · Middle Kingdom
relations
Connections or dealings
Soviet · Russian · Indian · bilateral · treaty · war · conflict · detente · rapprochement · Nixon
studies
Learns through examination
- scholarLearned, studious person
- orientalistScholar of Eastern cultures
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
expertise · specialist · historian · linguist · anthropologist · archaeology · literature · philosophy · Confucian · Taoist
Japanese
Of or from Nippon
- KoreanOf the peninsula nation
- VietnameseOf Southeast Asian nation
- TibetanOf a Himalayan region
sphere · influence · centric · phile · fusion · hybrid · cultural · borrowing · adaptation · integration