combining formEtymology: French, from Late Latin Sinae, plural, Chinese, from Greek Sinai, probably of Indo-Aryan origin; akin to Sanskrit C?n?, plural, Chinese 1. Chinese <sinology> 2. Chinese and <Sino-Tibetan>
Sino- is added to adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe relations between China and another country. ...Sino-Vietnamese friendship.COMB in ADJ: ADJ n