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sinicize

/ˈsɪnəsaɪz/

sinicize verb: to make something Chinese in form or character.

Verb (1)

sinicize (third-person singular simple present sinicizes, present participle sinicizing, simple past and past participle sinicized)

  1. (transitive) To make something Chinese in form or character.
  2. (transitive) To convert to Chinese characters or to enable to work with the Chinese script.

Verb (2) capitalized: Sinicize

Sinicize (third-person singular simple present Sinicizes, present participle Sinicizing, simple past and past participle Sinicized)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of sinicize.

sinicize meaning in Vietnamese

sinicize in Vietnamese

make Chinese in form or character
Hán hóa, Hán hoá, Trung Quốc hóa, Trung Quốc hoá

Synonyms of sinicize

Forms of sinicize

third-person singular presentsinicizes
present participlesinicizing
past participlesinicized
pastsinicized
alternative formSinicise
alternative formsinicise
alternative formSinicize
third-person singular presentSinicizes
present participleSinicizing
past participleSinicized
pastSinicized

Origin of sinicize

From Sinic + -ize.

Words formed from sinicize

Questions about sinicize

What does sinicize mean?
Sinicize means to make something Chinese in form or character.
What is sinicize in Vietnamese?
Sinicize in Vietnamese is Hán hóa, Hán hoá, Trung Quốc hóa. See Sinicize meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is sinicize?
Sinicize is a verb.
How do you pronounce sinicize?
Sinicize is pronounced /ˈsɪnəsaɪz/.
What is the past tense of sinicize?
The past tense of sinicize is sinicized.

Words near sinicize in the dictionary

  1. sinicising
  2. Sinicism
  3. Sinicisms
  4. sinicization
  5. sinicizations
  6. sinicize
  7. sinicized
  8. sinicizes
  9. sinicizing
  10. Sinico-Japanese
  11. sinicuichi

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