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sinologist

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A student or expert in sinology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of sinologist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a student of Chinese history and language and culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student

History

Etymology

From sinology (“study of China”) + -ist (“(agent)”). Equivalent to sino- (“China”) + -logist (“student of, expert on”).

From Sino- + -logist.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: çinşünas — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Azerbaijani: sinoloq — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Belarusian: сінолаг (sinólah) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Belarusian: кітаязнавец (kitajaznavjec) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Belarusian: кітаязнаўца (kitajaznawca) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢學家 /汉学家 (Hànxuéjiā) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中國通 /中国通 (Zhōngguótōng) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Finnish: sinologi — a student, or expert in sinology
  • French: sinologue — a student, or expert in sinology
  • German: Sinologe — a student, or expert in sinology
  • German: Sinologin — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Greek: σινολόγος (sinológos) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Hindi: चीनशास्त्री (cīnśāstrī) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Hungarian: sinológus — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Italian: sinologo — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Japanese: 中国学者 (Chūgoku gakusha) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Japanese: 中国通 (Chūgokutsū) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Occitan: sinològ — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Polish: sinolog — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Portuguese: sinólogo — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Russian: сино́лог (sinólog) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Russian: китаеве́д (kitajevéd) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Russian: китаи́ст (kitaíst) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Slovak: sinológ — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Slovak: sinologička — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Spanish: sinólogo — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Swedish: sinolog — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Swedish: Kinakännare — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Ukrainian: китаєзна́вець (kytajeznávecʹ) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Ukrainian: китаї́ст (kytajíst) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Ukrainian: сино́лог (synóloh) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Uyghur: خەنزۇشۇناس (xenzushunas) — a student, or expert in sinology
  • Vietnamese: nhà Hán học — a student, or expert in sinology