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sinology

/saɪˈnɒləd͡ʒi/

sinology noun: the study of the history, language and culture of China; Chinese studies.

Noun (1)

sinology (uncountable)

  1. (humanities) The study of the history, language and culture of China; Chinese studies.
  2. (Cold War) The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the People's Republic of China.

Noun (2) capitalized: Sinology

Sinology (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of sinology.

Forms of sinology

alternative formSinology

Origin of sinology

From sino- (“China”) + -logy (“study of”).

From Sino- + -logy.

Words formed from sinology

Questions about sinology

What does sinology mean?
Sinology means the study of the history, language and culture of China; Chinese studies.
What part of speech is sinology?
Sinology is a noun.
How do you pronounce sinology?
Sinology is pronounced /saɪˈnɒləd͡ʒi/.

Words near sinology in the dictionary

  1. sinologically
  2. sinologist
  3. sinologists
  4. sinologue
  5. sinologues
  6. sinology
  7. sinomarinoside
  8. sinomenine
  9. sinonasal
  10. Sinop
  11. sinopathies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sinology (page history and authors); Sinology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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