# Sino-Korean

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsaɪn.əʊ kəˈɹiːən/

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining both to China and to Korea; being both Chinese and Korean.
2. Etymologically borrowed or otherwise derived from an eighth-century dialect of Middle Chinese which greatly influenced the Korean language.

## Etymology
From Sino- + Korean.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sino-korean