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Sino-Tibetan

/ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/

Sino-Tibetan adjective: of or relating to both China and Tibet.

Adjective

Sino-Tibetan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to both China and Tibet.
    • Sino-Tibetan relations are more complicated than the media portrays.
  2. Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.
    • Mandarin, Burmese, and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.
    Synonyms:
    Trans-Himalayan

Sino-Tibetan meaning in Hindi

Sino-Tibetan in Hindi

related to China and Tibet
चीनी-तिब्बती cīnī-tibbatī
related to Chinese and Tibetan
चीनी-तिब्बती cīnī-tibbatī

Synonyms of Sino-Tibetan

Origin of Sino-Tibetan

In the linguistic sense, a calque of French sino-tibétain, coined in 1924 by Jean Przyluski. Przyluski and Gordon Luce then introduced the English equivalent Sino-Tibetan in 1931.

Words formed from Sino-Tibetan

Questions about Sino-Tibetan

What does Sino-Tibetan mean?
Sino-Tibetan means of or relating to both China and Tibet.
What is Sino-Tibetan in Hindi?
Sino-Tibetan in Hindi is चीनी-तिब्बती (cīnī-tibbatī). See Sino-Tibetan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Sino-Tibetan?
Sino-Tibetan is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Sino-Tibetan?
Sino-Tibetan is pronounced /ˌsaɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/.

Words near Sino-Tibetan in the dictionary

  1. Sino-Burmese
  2. Sino-Japanese
  3. Sino-Korean
  4. sino-nasal
  5. Sino-Soviet
  6. Sino-Tibetan
  7. Sino-Tibetanist
  8. Sino-Tibetanists
  9. Sino-Vietnamese
  10. Sino-Vietnameses
  11. Sino-Xenic

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