Definitions
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- verb transitive to make something
Chinese in form or character, or to increase the Chineseinfluence on something. - verb transitive to convert to
Chinese characters or to enable to work with the Chinese script.
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Examples
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The use of Chinese minzu in the identification, I think, is a good example to show how scholars of China manage to sinicize Western concepts.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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