Meanings
- Knowledge of the culture of a country (especially of China).
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In recent years, education officials have made a number of proposals, including revising elementary and middle school textbooks to increase the proportion of guoxue, or the study of Chinese culture, and reducing the importance of English on some versions of the gaokao, or university entrance examination, in favor of a greater emphasis on the Chinese language.
2015 September 30, Amy Qin, “A Fervor to Glimpse ‘China’s Mona Lisa’”, in New York Times
Origin
- Mandarin國學 /国学
- Englishguoxue
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 國學 /国学 (guóxué, literally “country learning”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 國學 /国学
- 國學 /国学 (guóxué)knowledge of the culture China
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guoxue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guoxue
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