guoxue

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English

Etymology

From Mandarin 國學国学 (guóxué, literally “country learning”).

Pronunciation

Noun

guoxue

  1. Knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China).
    • 2015 September 30, Amy Qin, “A Fervor to Glimpse ‘China’s Mona Lisa’”, in New York Times:
      In recent years, education officials have made a number of proposals, including revising elementary and middle school textbooks to increase the proportion of guoxue, or the study of Chinese culture, and reducing the importance of English on some versions of the gaokao, or university entrance examination, in favor of a greater emphasis on the Chinese language.
  2. Sinology; Chinese studies.

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