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

Derived Forms

• Sinologue, noun
• Sinological, adjective
• Siˈnologist, noun

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinology¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

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.”

From New York Times

"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.

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times