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Chinese studies

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An academic discipline that includes the study of literature written in the Chinese language, Chinese linguistics, and Chinese sociolinguistics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: humanities

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Across languages

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36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: çinşünaslıq — study of China
  • Azerbaijani: sinologiya — study of China
  • Belarusian: сіналогія (sinalóhija) — study of China
  • Belarusian: кітаязнаўства (kitajaznawstva) — study of China
  • Bulgarian: китаистика (kitaistika) — study of China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢學 /汉学 (hànxué) — study of China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中國學 /中国学 (zhōngguóxué) — study of China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國學 /国学 (guóxué) — study of China
  • Czech: sinologie — study of China
  • Finnish: sinologia — study of China
  • French: sinologie — study of China
  • Georgian: სინოლოგია (sinologia) — study of China
  • Georgian: ჩინეთმცოდნეობა (činetmcodneoba) — study of China
  • German: Sinologie — study of China
  • German: Chinakunde — study of China
  • German: Chinastudien — study of China
  • German: Chinawissenschaften — study of China
  • Hindi: चीन-विज्ञान (cīn-vijñān) — study of China
  • Hungarian: sinológia — study of China
  • Indonesian: sinologi — study of China
  • Italian: sinologia — study of China
  • Japanese: 漢学 (kangaku) — study of China
  • Japanese: 中国学 (chūgokugaku) — study of China
  • Kazakh: қытайтану (qytaitanu) — study of China
  • Korean: 한학 (hanhak) — study of China
  • Korean: 중국학 (junggukhak) — study of China
  • Malay: kaji Cina — study of China
  • Malay: sinologi — study of China
  • Mongolian: хятад судлал (xjatad sudlal) — study of China
  • Portuguese: sinologia — study of China
  • Russian: синоло́гия (sinológija) — study of China
  • Russian: китаеве́дение (kitajevédenije) — study of China
  • Russian: китаи́стика (kitaístika) — study of China
  • Spanish: sinología — study of China
  • Vietnamese: Hán học — study of China
  • Vietnamese: Trung Quốc học — study of China