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Sinitic

si·ni·tic

UK/saɪˈnɪtɪk/ US/sɪˈnɪtɪk/ uncommon
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture

  • “Sinitic dialects”

noun

1.

a group of Sino-Tibetan languages

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From Latin Sīna (“China”) + -itic, as in Semitic.

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