Sino-Xenic

See also: Sinoxenic

English

Alternative forms

Sinoxenic, sinoxenic

Etymology

Sino- +‎ Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + -ic; coined in 1953 by the linguist Samuel Martin.

Adjective

Sino-Xenic (not comparable)

(linguistics) Related to pronunciations for reading Chinese in Japan, Korea and Vietnam, originating in medieval times and the source of large-scale borrowings of Chinese words into the Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese languages, none of which are genetically related to Chinese (excluding Sinitic topolects).
Example: the Chinese term 歷史／历史 (lìshǐ, “history”) has the following Sino-Xenic descendants:

Japanese: 歴史 (れきし, rekishi)
Korean: 역사 (歷史, yeoksa) (South Korea), 력사 (歷史, ryeoksa) (North Korea)
Vietnamese: lịch sử (歷史)

Translations

related to Chinese readings in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese borrowings from medieval Chinese

Chinese:
Mandarin: 漢字詞, 汉字词 (Hànzìcí)
Finnish: ulkokiinalainen

French: sinoxénique (fr)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Sino-Japanese — see Sino-Japanese

Sino-Korean — see Sino-Korean

Sino-Vietnamese — see Sino-Vietnamese

See also

Sino-Japanese, on'yomi (goon, kan'on, tōon), kango
Sino-Korean
Sino-Vietnamese
CJKV, CJK
hanja, hanzi, kanji, Hán tự

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