科 (fo1 | ke1) : class; section; genus

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科

fo1

ke1

[1] [n] section [2] [n] department [3] [n] class; variety; family (of plants or animals) [4] rules; laws [5] the action in Chinese opera [6] [n] subject in the civil service examination of former times [7] [n] branch of academic or vocational studies [8] [v] mete out (prison, terms, etc.); levy (taxes, etc.); fine someone

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 禾 (#115)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

科

Don't confuse with:
料

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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科技 fo1 gei6 ke1 ji4 = technology

科文 fo1 man4*2 = foreman (loanword)

科騷 fo1 sou1 = a floor show (loanword)

高科技 gou1 fo1 gei6 gao1 ke1 ji4 = high technology; high-tech

小兒科 siu2 ji4 fo1 xiao3 er2 ke1 = pediatrics; trivial; simple-minded

皮膚科 pei4 fu1 fo1 pi2 fu1 ke1 = dermatology

專科 zyun1 fo1 zhuan1 ke1 = specialised subject

學科 hok6 fo1 xue2 ke1 = subject; course

科學家 fo1 hok6 gaa1 ke1 xue2 jia1 = scientist

百科全書 baak3 fo1 cyun4 syu1 bai3 ke1 quan2 shu1 = encyclopaedia, (encyclopedia)
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請問喺伊到可以搭咩車去科大？粵
Excuse me, do you know what public transport can take me to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (from here)?

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

有一年,我英文科考滿分。
There was one year, I got full score on the English examination.

科學家係用科學方法做研究嘅人粵
A scientist is someone who does research using scientific methods.

毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord.

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Decimal representation of this word: 科
Unicode code for this character: U+79D1 (off-site link)

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