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sinitic

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Si⋅nit⋅ic

  [si-nit-ik]
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–noun
1. a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Chinese, their language, or their culture.
Origin:
1890–95; < LL Sīn(ae) the Chinese (see Sino- ) + -itic
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Si·nit·ic   (sī-nĭt'ĭk, sĭ-)   
n.  The branch of Sino-Tibetan that comprises Chinese.

[Sin(o)- + -itic (as in Semitic).]
Si·nit'ic adj.
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