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Sino-Korean

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Adjective

  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.

Noun

  1. The elements in the Korean language derived from the said dialect of Middle Chinese: The Korean vocabulary borrowed or otherwise derived from the said dialect.
  2. The elements in the Korean language derived from the said dialect of Middle Chinese: The distinctive Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters, which is an adaptation of the pronunciation of the said dialect into Korean phonology.

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