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Meaning of "Sinophile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SINOPHILE

Sinophile  [ˈsaɪnəʊˌfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SINOPHILE

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sinophile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SINOPHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sinophile

Sinophile

A Sinophile is a person who demonstrates a strong interest and love for Chinese culture or its people. It is also commonly used to describe those knowledgeable of Chinese history and culture, non-native Chinese language speakers, pro-Chinese politicians, and people perceived as having a strong interest in any of the above.

Definition of Sinophile in the English dictionary

The definition of Sinophile in the dictionary is someone who is strongly attracted to or interested in Chinese language, history and culture.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SINOPHILE


acidophile
ˈæsɪdəʊˌfaɪl
audiophile
ˈɔːdɪəʊˌfaɪl
discophile
ˈdɪskəʊˌfaɪl
electrophile
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌfaɪl
Europhile
ˈjʊərəʊˌfaɪl
Francophile
ˈfræŋkəʊˌfaɪl
haemophile
ˈhiːməʊˌfaɪl
halophile
ˈhæləʊˌfaɪl
hydrophile
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfaɪl
hygrophile
ˈhaɪɡrəʊˌfaɪl
hyperthermophile
ˌhaɪpəˈθɜːməʊˌfaɪl
mesophile
ˈmɛsəʊˌfaɪl
necrophile
ˈnɛkrəʊˌfaɪl
Negrophile
ˈniːɡrəʊˌfaɪl
paedophile
ˈpiːdəʊˌfaɪl
Russophile
ˈrʌsəʊˌfaɪl
spermophile
ˈspɜːməʊˌfaɪl
technophile
ˈtɛknəʊˌfaɪl
thermophile
ˈθɜːməʊˌfaɪl
videophile
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINOPHILE

Sino-Soviet
Sino-Tibetan
sinoatrial
Sinological
Sinologist
Sinologue
Sinology
Sinope
Sinophobia
sinopia
sinopis
sinopite
sinsemilla
sinsyne
Sint Maarten
sinter
sintery
Sintra

WORDS THAT END LIKE SINOPHILE

ailurophile
amphiphile
Anglophile
basophile
bibliophile
cartophile
chile
cinephile
eosinophile
extremophile
heterophile
homophile
logophile
neutrophile
nucleophile
oenophile
pedophile
siderophile
Slavophile
xenophile
zoophile

Synonyms and antonyms of Sinophile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Sinophile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SINOPHILE

Find out the translation of Sinophile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

亲中国
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Sinophile
570 millions of speakers

English

Sinophile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Sinophile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Sinophile
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sinophile
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sinophile
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Sinophile
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sinophile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sinophile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sinophile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Sinophile
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Sinophile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sinophile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sinophile
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Sinophile
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिंफाइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sinophile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filocinese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sinophile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sinophile
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fost cucerit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Sinophile
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sinophile
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sinophile
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sinophile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Sinophile

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SINOPHILE»

The term «Sinophile» is normally little used and occupies the 149.016 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SINOPHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Sinophile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Sinophile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sinophile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINOPHILE»

Discover the use of Sinophile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sinophile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Painting Nature for the Nation: Taki Katei and the ...
Rosina Buckland offers an account of the career of the painter Taki Katei (1830-1901).
Rosina Buckland, 2012
2
Obsessions with the Sino-Japanese Polarity in Japanese ...
Fujiwara no Seika (1561-1619), who was a friend of Jozan, the teacher of Hayashi Kazan, and the founding father of Tokugawa Neo-Confucian- ism, is another Sinophile cited in the text, and he fleshes out the associations of Goi-an within the ...
Atsuko Sakaki, 2006
3
The Fall of the God of Money: Opium Smoking in ...
One last portrait of the foreigner in nineteenth-century China brings us to the sentimental sinophile. This is the voice, for example, that in occasional asides would grant the Chinese a measure of justification for their insolent, dishonest, ...
Keith McMahon, 2002
4
The Devil's Handwriting: Precoloniality and the German ...
The Seminar for Oriental Languages and German Sinology as a Conduit for Sinophilia Sinophile ideas were actively represented in the colony by the translators and by various graduates of the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen ( Seminar for ...
George Steinmetz, 2008
5
China and Other Matters
The Sinophile philosophes of France were not wholly wrong in seeing such a resemblance. Within this strand of Enlightenment thought, most men are determined by their social environment and this environment is decisively shaped by the ...
Benjamin Isadore Schwartz, 1996
6
Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human ...
It proved difficult for Catholic publicists, meanwhile, to destroy the radical Sinophile myth of Chinese exceptionalism while simultaneously rejecting Voltaire's equally Sinophile insistence on Chinese deism, because attacking Voltaire's view of ...
Jonathan Israel, 2011
7
Scratches on Our Minds: American Views of China and India
Indeed, the occasional Sinophile-in-uniform was a lonely and unhappy man in those dark, tired war years in West China. One of them was the theater commander, General Joe Stil- well. Stilwell had a sentimentally strong regard for the ...
Harold Robert Isaacs, 1958
8
From Ah Q to Lei Feng: Freud and Revolutionary Spirit in ...
“Tribulations of a Sinophile in Republican China: The Musician and Pedagogue Alfred Westharp” (Les tribulations d'un sinophile dans la Chine républicaine. Le musicien et pédagogue Alfred Westharp). Journée de l'Association Française ...
Wendy Larson, 2009
9
Chinese in Australian Fiction, 1888-1988
... remaining Chinese in Australia had become assimilated and domesticated; the international political climate had been favourable for China after its overthrow of the Ching Dynasty in 1911; and the Sinophile tradition began asserting itself in ...
Ouyang Yu
10
Wittgenstein on Freud and Frazer
... with all their multitudinous reverberations and interrelations, in search of the secret of their power over him. What such a Sinophile really wants is not further knowledge but something like Spengler's prime symbol or Goethe's ' Urphanomeri .
Frank Cioffi, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINOPHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Sinophile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
STX's Bob Simonds: Huayi Brothers Deal Will "Supercharge" Film …
TPG Growth's founder Bill McGlashan is a known Sinophile, having lived in Shanghai for five years and done business there for 25 years. TPG was among the ... «Hollywood Reporter, Apr 15»
2
Profile: Dominique Othenin-Girard - Swiss filmmaker and Sinophile
CREATIVE CONCEPTION When I was 12 or 13, a revelation came to me: I needed to leave a legacy behind. I told myself I would make love to and impregnate ... «South China Morning Post, Mar 15»
3
The dragon in the room
The turning point in Modi's generally Sinophile thinking may well have been the Chinese intrusion into Chumar back in September, which took place while ... «The Indian Express, Jan 15»
4
Review: Bapo
Sinophile: Nicholas Jose is our most eloquent commentator on Chinese art, culture and recent history. Photo: Edwina Pickles. Stories Bapo NICHOLAS JOSE «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
5
A 'big fish' seeks a seat at the Toronto District School Board
At first glance, the pair is an odd coalition: Mr. Bolton is a left-leaning, soft-spoken Sinophile and Mr. Papathanasakis is a street-smart businessman and ... «The Globe and Mail, Oct 14»
6
Yoshiko Yamaguchi, film star and politician, 1920-2014
Born in Manchuria on February 12 1920 to Sinophile members of the Japanese colonial elite, she had grown up, she said, “loving one country as my homeland ... «Financial Times, Sep 14»
7
Lionel Barber reviews Henry Kissinger's 'World Order'
A Sinophile by temperament, Kissinger believes China's rise can and should be accommodated as long as it does not fundamentally upset the balance of power ... «Financial Times, Sep 14»
8
the man who shattered our views of Mao
And the fact that he did so as an impassioned sinophile who was also a great lover of beauty, an art historian and a literary critic who believed in the moral ... «The Australian, Aug 14»
9
Jack Thompson: I was adopted by the Yolngu nation as their own son
Having notched up 18 trips to China, Thompson also counts himself as a sinophile, which explains his nearly 40-year practice of tai chi, complete with Mao-era ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
10
Relax, Korea is not drifting toward China
The Korean Government is divided into sinophile and pro-US factions. Xi's successful recent trip illustrates the 'Sinic temptation' of Korea. Korea will in time ... «The Interpreter, Jul 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sinophile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sinophile>. May 2024 ».
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