支那通

Chinese

		China	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (支那通)		支那	通
simp. ^#(支那通)		支那	通

支那通

(obsolete, often derogatory) China hand or sinologue (term formerly used by the Japanese)

支那 (Shina) +‎ 通 (-tsū).

支(し)那(な)通(つう) • (shina-tsū)

(obsolete) China expert or sinologue; China hand
- 2004, 坂西利八郎 (Rihachirō Banzai) in 20世紀日本人名事典. Nichigai Associates, Inc.
  支(し)那(な)通(つう)として青(あお)木(き)宣純(のぶずみ)の後(こう)継(けい)者(しゃ)となり、中(ちゅう)国(ごく)併(へい)呑(どん)論(ろん)を主(しゅ)張(ちょう)した。
  Shina-tsū to shite Aoki Nobuzumi no kōkeisha to nari, Chūgoku heidon-ron o shuchō shita.
  As a China hand he was a successor of Nobuzumi Aoki and espoused the idea of annexation of China.

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