洋学

洋學

yángxué

noun

Meanings

1 Western learning
2 study of Western sciences and arts

Characters

ocean; foreign / Western

learning; study

Examples

晚清时期，许多年轻人开始学习洋学。

Wǎn-Qīng shíqī, xǔduō niánqīngrén kāishǐ xuéxí yángxué.

In the late Qing period, many young people began studying Western learning.

他出国留学，专攻洋学。

Tā chūguó liúxué, zhuāngōng yángxué.

He went abroad to study, specializing in Western subjects.

Tips

history

A late-Qing / early-Republic term contrasting with 国学 (guóxué, Chinese classical learning). 洋 'foreign' here means 'from across the seas' — same morpheme as 洋人 (foreigner) and 洋货 (foreign goods).

Stroke Order

洋 yáng

学 xué