Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
sino-tibetan is a noun meaning "the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia". It carries one recorded sense.
the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
China · Tibet · Myanmar
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sino-tibetan come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.