- of, relating to, or denoting a large language family of eastern Asia which includes Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan, and (in some classifications) Thai. They are tonal languages, but the exact relationships between them are far from clear.（与）汉藏语系（有关）的（一种包括汉语、缅甸语、藏语和在某些分类中也包括泰语的大型东亚语系, 其成员都是声调语言, 但具体关系还远不清楚）。