Sinese
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The Chinese people or a Chinese person, (particularly) with reference to the historical southern Chinese known to the Greeks and Romans as the Sinae. rare, uncountable
"The name Θῖναι, Strabo, Σῖναι, Ptol., Τζίνιτζα, Kosmas, did not obtain currency first from the founder of the dynasty Tsin; but, long before this, Tsin was the name of a feudal kingdom in Shensi, one of the western provinces of the Sinese land, and Feitsa, the first feudal King of Tsin, began to reign as early as b.c. 897."
- 1 Of or relating to the Sinae or their homeland. historical, not-comparable, rare
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More examples"The name Θῖναι, Strabo, Σῖναι, Ptol., Τζίνιτζα, Kosmas, did not obtain currency first from the founder of the dynasty Tsin; but, long before this, Tsin was the name of a feudal kingdom in Shensi, one of the western provinces of the Sinese land, and Feitsa, the first feudal King of Tsin, began to reign as early as b.c. 897."
Etymology
From German Sinese (“a Chinese person”), from Sina (“China”) + -ese (“-ese: forming demonyms”), from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) + -ensis (“-ese: forming adjs”), from Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese, Southern China”), from Ancient Greek. Equivalent to Sino- + -ese.
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