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Sinic

Sinic

9.3
A person from China or of Chinese family background
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪnɪk/
translation icon : sínico
  • Many people who identify as Sinic are proud of their rich cultural heritage.
  • Sinic system

Examples

  • In the Far East, the first autonomous civilizations rose inland: the Indus (Harrappan) about 2500 B.C. and the Sinic, about 1500 B.C.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Korea and Vietnam are among the Asian nations that were part of the traditional Sinic system.

    Academic text (2002)

  • One study suggests that Asian nations, from Korea to Vietnam, would actually welcome the return of the Sinic system of yore.

    Academic text (2002)

  • By contrast, the Sinic system was found to have been more stable (129).

    Academic text (2002)

  • Toegye's apologia begins with a definition of the status Japan occupies in the Sinic-Confucian concept of the civilized world.

    Academic text (2016)

  • At the festival, a variety of traditional Sinic foods were displayed for visitors to enjoy.

  • She studied Sinic languages to better understand her ancestry and connect with her roots.

Synonyms

Chinese
vsSinic
1 1.0

A person from China

identifies people by ancestry or ethnic membership rather than birthplace or residence

Surface Forms

Sinic singular
Sinics plural

Etymology

Sinic for a person comes from the same old word Sinae ('China') and the part Sino-, so a Sinic is simply a person of Chinese ancestry, much like saying 'Chinese'.