洋学

洋學

yángxué

noun

Meanings

1 Western learning
2 study of Western sciences and arts

Characters

ocean; foreign / Western

learning; study

Examples

HSK 6

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.

HSK 7-9

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