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Tweet pref. Chinese: Sinology. [From Late Latin Sīnae, the Chinese, from Greek Sīnai, probably ultimately of Indic origin; akin to Sanskrit Cīnāḥ, the Chinese, probably from a Chinese source akin to Middle Chinese tsɦin, Qin (also the source of Mandarin Qín); see QIN.] |
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