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Main
English Definitionbranch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine somebody
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(After Tone Sandhi)
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Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄎㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping)fo1
Part of Speech(名) noun, (量) measure word
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Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=5

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科技kējìscience and technology
科学kēxuéscience; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational
科目kēmùacademic subject; field of study
科幻kēhuànscience fiction; abbr. for 科学幻想
科研kēyán(scientific) research
Words With Same Tail Word    
外科wàikēsurgery (branch of medicine)
内科nèikēinternal medicine; general medicine
学科xuékēsubject; branch of learning; course; academic discipline
前科qiánkēcriminal record; previous convictions
牙科yákēdentistry
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