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Sinitic

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Si·nit·ic  (s-ntk, s-)
n.
The branch of Sino-Tibetan that comprises Chinese.
[Sin(o)- + -itic (as in Semitic).]
Si·nitic adj.
Sinitic [sɪˈnɪtɪk]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, consisting of the various languages or dialects of Chinese Compare Tibeto-Burman
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) belonging or relating to this group of languages
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Noun1.Sinitic - a group of Sino-Tibetan languages
Sinitic language
Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
Adj.1.Sinitic - of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture; "Sinitic dialects"


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