Sinology

//saɪˈnɒləd͡ʒi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the history, language and culture of China; Chinese studies. uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of sinology. alt-of, uncountable
  3. 3
    the study of Chinese history and language and culture wordnet
  4. 4
    The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the People's Republic of China. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
chinese studieschinese studies

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sino- (“China”) + -logy (“study of”).

Etymology 2

From Sino- + -logy.

Related phrases

chinese studies

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