Dictionary

sinicize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɪnəsaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sinic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sinicize From Sinic + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make something Chinese in form or character.
2. (transitive) To convert to Chinese characters or to enable to work with the Chinese script.

Forms

Deriveds

Sinicization · sinicisation · Sinicisation · sinicization

Relateds

sinification · Sinification · sinofication · Sinofication

Synonyms

Sinify · sinify · sinofy · Sinofy · Chinamaxx (2020's Internet slang)

Translations (16)

fr siniciser (make Chinese in form or character) · mn хятадчлах (make Chinese in form or character) · fr siniser (make Chinese in form or character) · cmn 漢化 /汉化 (make Chinese in form or character) · vi Hán hóa (make Chinese in form or character) · es achinar (make Chinese in form or character) · it sinizzare (make Chinese in form or character) · vi Trung Quốc hoá (make Chinese in form or character) · mi whakahaina (make Chinese in form or character) · vi Trung Quốc hóa (make Chinese in form or character) · mn ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (make Chinese in form or character) · cmn 中國化 /中国化 (make Chinese in form or character) · ru китаизи́ровать (make Chinese in form or character) · kk қытайландыру (make Chinese in form or character) · vi Hán hoá (make Chinese in form or character) · mnc ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠴᡳᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (make Chinese in form or character)