Sino-Korean
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Sino-Korean (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining both to China and to Korea; being both Chinese and Korean.
- the state of Sino-Korean relations
- (specifically, linguistics, of a Korean word) Etymologically borrowed or otherwise derived from an eighth-century dialect of Middle Chinese which greatly influenced the Korean language.
- Until the fifteenth century, Koreans had a native word for the numeral "hundred", but it has since been replaced by a Sino-Korean word.
Translations
[edit]being both Chinese and Korean
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Etymologically from or influenced by Chinese
Noun
[edit]Sino-Korean (uncountable)
- The elements in the Korean language derived from the said dialect of Middle Chinese:
- The Korean vocabulary borrowed or otherwise derived from the said dialect.
- The distinctive Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters, which is an adaptation of the pronunciation of the said dialect into Korean phonology.
Translations
[edit]the Chinese-derived elements in the Korean language
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