科

Branch of study in Chinese: 科 (kē)

kē

branch of study

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1branch of study
  2. 2administrative section
  3. 3division
  4. 4field
  5. 5branch
  6. 6stage directions
  7. 7family (taxonomy)
  8. 8rules
  9. 9laws
  10. 10to mete out (punishment)
  11. 11to levy (taxes etc)
  12. 12to fine sb

Stroke order

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科

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄜ

kē

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ e—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 我最喜欢的一科是数学。

    wǒ zuì xǐ huan de yì kē shì shù xué。

    My favorite subject is math.

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Related words

科学

kē xué

science

本科

běn kē

undergraduate course

内科

nèi kē

internal medicine

科技

kē jì

science and technology

学科

xué kē

subject

儿科

ér kē

pediatrics

科研

kē yán

(scientific) research

外科

wài kē

surgery (branch of medicine)

工科

gōng kē

engineering as an academic subject

科幻

kē huàn

science fiction

科目

kē mù

academic subject

科普

kē pǔ

(attributive) popular science

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