Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sino-korean

/ˈsaɪ.noʊ kəˈɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: sino-ko-re-an
IPA: /ˈsaɪ.noʊ kəˈɹi.ən/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining both to China and to Korea; being both Chinese and Korean.

adj

Etymologically borrowed or otherwise derived from an eighth-century dialect of Middle Chinese which greatly influenced the Korean language.

noun

The elements in the Korean language derived from the said dialect of Middle Chinese:

Uncountable

noun

The elements in the Korean language derived from the said dialect of Middle Chinese:

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the state of Sino-Korean relations"
"Until the fifteenth century, Koreans had a native word for the numeral "hundred", but it has since been replaced by a Sino-Korean word."

Etymology

From Sino- + Korean.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsaɪ.noʊ kəˈɹi.ən/
British English: /ˈsaɪn.əʊ kəˈɹiːən/

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce sino-korean?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsaɪ.noʊ kəˈɹi.ən/.
What does sino-korean mean?: Of or pertaining both to China and to Korea; being both Chinese and Korean.
Where does sino-korean come from?: From Sino- + Korean.

How to pronounce sino-korean

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