English
guoxue
Guoxue comes from Mandarin 國學.
- Mandarinmodern國學guóxuéliterally ‘country learning’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015guoxue
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern國學guóxuéliterally ‘country learning’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015guoxue
Earliest quotation: 2015, Amy Qin, A Fervor to Glimpse ‘China’s Mona Lisa’: “In recent years, education officials have made a number…”
Every English word from Mandarin 國學
Today it means
noun Knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 國學 / guoxue