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Sinology

[ sahy-nol-uh-jee, si- ]

noun

  1. the study of the language, literature, history, customs, etc., of China.


Sinology

/ ˌsɪn-; ˌsaɪnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ˈsaɪnəˌlɒɡ; sɪ-; saɪˈnɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of Chinese history, language, culture, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Sinologue, noun
  • Sinological, adjective
  • Siˈnologist, noun
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Other Words From

  • Si·no·log·i·cal [sahyn-l-, oj, -i-k, uh, l, sin-], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinology1

1880–85; Sino- + -logy; compare French, German sinologie
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Example Sentences

Before that, he studied Sinology and journalism in Munich; Xian, China; and Taipei, Taiwan.

Last year he was given the prestigious Tang Prize in Sinology for, the citation read, “his pioneering contributions in Confucian studies” and “establishing the field of Neo-Confucianism in the West.”

"Before World War II, a single professor could teach everything that Columbia expected a student to know about China; now he would pick up fragments of Sinology from 20 specialized scholars," the story explained.

From Time

Kremlinology and Sinology may end up as the major foreign policy preoccupations of the remainder of his presidency.

He invited the group, from Greenwich, Conn., to peruse the hotel’s book collection, which he created years ago as a doctoral candidate in Sinology at Stanford University.

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