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科学
kēxué
Main
English Definitionscience; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational
Simplified Script科学
Traditional Script科學
Pinyinkēxué
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄎㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)fo1hok6
Part of Speech(名) noun, (形) adjective
Measure Words门, 个, 种
Topical Word Lists
Part of school/subjects
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=5
Word Decomposition
科kēbranch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine somebody
学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
科技kējìscience and technology
科目kēmùacademic subject; field of study
科幻kēhuànscience fiction; abbr. for 科学幻想
科研kēyán(scientific) research
科普kēpǔpopular science; popularization of science; abbr. of 科学普及
Words With Same Tail Word    
大学dàxuéuniversity; college; the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism
同学tóngxuéto study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
小学xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
上学shàngxuéto go to school; to attend school
开学kāixuéfoundation of a University or College; school opening; the start of a new term
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