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科学 kēxué

科学 kēxué Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 9 English Translations of the word 科学 kēxué .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kēxué | ke1 xue2
English translation
science
scientific knowledge
scientific
CL: mén
> Mén [mén],
>[gè], zhǒng
> zhǒng [zhǒng]

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Traditional form

科學

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 科学 kēxué

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts measuring out grain () with a dipper ( Dǒu ).

Positional decomposition

禾斗

Number of Strokes

9
xué

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of xué . Originally composed of the numbers five () and six ( liù ), representing study of arithmetic. Later two hands ( yòu ) were added on the left and right side of the character, possibly depicting counting with fingers or hands-on teaching. F

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱⺍冖子

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 科学 kēxué

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邮政 yóu zhèng 科学技术 kē xué jì shù 研究所 yán jiū suǒ : zài 河内 Hé nèi lián xiàn ; 1966 Nián 成立 chénglì .

Institute of Postal Science and Technology: Tu Liem district, Hanoi; f .

dǒng 科学 kēxué 术语 shù yǔ .

I don't understand scientific terminology.

研究 yánjiū 科学 kēxué de rén dōu Yáo zhāo tóu ,提出 tí chū 他们 tā men de 理论 lǐlùn .

The scientific men shook their heads and theorized.

zhè 心存 dòu de 科学家 kē xué jiā xiě Chéng de 报告 bàogào ,读来 dǎo xiàng shì 小说 xiǎoshuō ér 像是事实 shìshí .

These skeptical scientists wrote reports that sounded more like fiction than fact.

děng dào zhè 科学家 kē xué jiā pài rén lái 监视 jiānshì de 时候 shíhou , 他们 tā men 知道 zhīdào le .

And when the scientific men set a watch on the man, they knew too.

科学 kēxué Decomposition

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科学 kēxué Compounds

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