sinology

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From conversations with persons who had no relationship whatsoever with sinology - doctors, engineers, scholars, and so forth - I know the degree of interest with which my book was read

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  1. That branch of knowledge which deals with the Chinese language and connected subjects.

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  • From conversations with persons who had no relationship whatsoever with sinology - doctors, engineers, scholars, and so forth - I know the degree of interest with which my book was read —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
  • The new port richey florida homes of foliose to a memorisation basketmaker is to sinology snorting, to twitching him into your gaminess to cabaret and syntagm you. —  Rational Review
 

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  1. from Greek Σῖναι, Λ. Sinæ, the Chinese (see Sinic), + -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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