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Sinology

American  
[sahy-nol-uh-jee, si-] / saɪˈnɒl ə dʒi, sɪ- /

noun

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


Sinology British  
/ ˈsaɪnəˌlɒɡ, saɪˈnɒlədʒɪ, ˌsɪn-, sɪ- /

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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Etymology

Origin of Sinology

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


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Andy Rothman, head of China-focused research firm Sinology, expects a “very modest deal.”

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025

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

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2020

Kircher’s dozens of books — totaling some seven million words in Latin — covered optics, magnetism, geology, volcanology, medicine, archaeology, acoustics, Sinology and much, much more.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2012

Under the December 2009 agreement, Hanban donated $1 million for conferences and other programs, $1 million for two graduate fellowships, and $2 million for a Confucius Institute Professorship in Sinology.

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 2, 2011

Sinology, the science treating of the language, literature, laws, and history of the Chinese.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

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