西学

Traditional form:

西學

Pinyin (reading):

Xīxué

Definitions:

• Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing)
• also called 洋務運動／洋务运动

Characters:

• 西 - west, western, westward
• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology

Traditional characters:

• 西 - west, western, westward
• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology