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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.branch of academic or vocational study; subject of instruction/study
科目
subject
文科
liberal art
理科
science
- 2
n.division/subdivision of an administrative unit; section; department; set up according to different works
科员
staff member
秘书科
secretarial office
我们科只有两个人。
There are only two people in our section.
- 3
n.family; major division or subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants and animals
豆科植物
bean family
- 4
n.imperial civil examination or its subjects
科场
site of an imperial examination
- 5
n.fmlarticle (in laws and regulations); clause
金科玉律
infallible law
- 6
v.fmlimpose a punishment; judge; mete out (a penalty); pass a sentence
科刑
pass a sentence
科处徒刑
sentence somebody to imprisonment
- 7
n.(of the scenario of a classical Chinese drama) direction to remind an actor of what to do next onstage
笑科
laughs
Words and phrases with 科
- 科班[word]old-type opera school; regular professional training
- 科学界[word]scientific community
- 科技[word]science and technology
- 科学性[word]scientificness
- 科研[word]scientific research
- 科幻片[word]science fiction movie
- 科主任[word]head of department
- 科长[word]section chief
- 科伦坡[word]Colombo
- 科班出身[idiom]be a professional by training
- 科头跣足[idiom]bareheaded and barefooted
- 科教兴国[idiom]rejuvenate/revitalize China through science and education
Word usage
- common measure word"科" is often matched with measure word "个".
一个科
one department