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guoxue

Syllables: guo·xue/ɡwoʊˈʃweɪ/

guoxue noun: knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China).

Noun

guoxue

  1. Knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China).
    • 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...2015 September 30, Amy Qin, “A Fervor to Glimpse ‘China’s Mona Lisa’”, in New York Times
  2. Sinology; Chinese studies.

Origin of guoxue

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 國學 /国学 (guóxué, literally “country learning”).

Questions about guoxue

What does guoxue mean?
Guoxue means knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China).
What part of speech is guoxue?
Guoxue is a noun.
How do you pronounce guoxue?
Guoxue is pronounced /ɡwoʊˈʃweɪ/.

Words near guoxue in the dictionary

  1. Guomindang
  2. guoqing
  3. Guos
  4. Guosa
  5. guotie
  6. guoxue
  7. Guoyang
  8. Guoyu
  9. gup
  10. gup shup
  11. gup shups

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