Etymology

guoxue

guo·xue
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Today it means: Knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China). Full definition →

Mandarin 國學 /国学
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from國學 /国学
  2. English todayguoxue

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.