Sino-japanese

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving both China and Japan, for example the First Sino-Japanese War, or Sino-Japanese vocabulary not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Chinese-derived elements in the Japanese language.

Example

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"The company is operating under joint Sino-Japanese management."

Etymology

From Sino- + Japanese.

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