HSK 4 · Adjectives

科学 kēxué “science” in Chinese

Traditional 科學

What 科学 means

  1. science
  2. scientific knowledge
  3. scientific
  4. rational

Measure word 门 mén or 个 gè · 一门科学 yì mén kēxué

How to say 科学

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale科kē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising

科学 in a sentence

  1. 科学改变了我们的生活。

    Kēxué gǎibiàn le wǒmen de shēnghuó.

    Science has changed our lives.

    Sentence #2188486 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的方法不科学。

    Tā de fāngfǎ bù kēxué.

    His methods are not scientific.

    Sentence #791504 from Tatoeba

  3. 科学和数学我都喜欢。

    Kēxué hé shùxué wǒ dōu xǐhuan.

    I like both science and maths.

    Sentence #332615 from Tatoeba

How 科学 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 科 (kē) with each of its parts in a different colour
科kēbranch of study
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 斗dipper · dǒu
The character 学 (xué) with each of its parts in a different colour
学xuéto learn
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA roof 冖 over a child 子 at study.

How to write 科学

科 9 strokes · 学 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

科学 (kēxué) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 科学 (kēxué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 科学

Words with 科

内科nèikē · internal medicine本科běnkē · undergraduate course科目kēmù · (school) subject

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate学校xuéxiào · school学习xuéxí · to study大学dàxué · university上学shàngxué · to go to school小学xiǎoxué · elementary school中学zhōngxué · middle school大学生dàxuéshēng · university student

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FAQs

科学 (kēxué) means “science” or “scientific knowledge”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it kēxué: kē with a 1st tone, then xué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 科学 is written 科學. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 门 (mén) or 个 (gè). For example, one science is 一门科学 (yì mén kēxué).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kexue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 科学 from the suggestions. Typing kexue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
科学 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.