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科
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Definitions
- 1. branch of study
- 2. administrative section
- 3. division
- 4. field
- 5. branch
- 6. stage directions
- 7. family (taxonomy)
- 8. rules
- 9. laws
- 10. to mete out (punishment)
- 11. to levy (taxes etc)
- 12. to fine sb
Example Sentences
1 shown他說：“我想成為 科 學家。”
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Words Containing 科
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
a wooden word-by-word reading
imperial examination
Poly Technologies (defense manufacturing company)
the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wén kē])
encyclopedia
Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan)
imperial examination system
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
universal
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
world of science
to intersperse comic dialogue (as they do in operas)
South Dakota, US state
Bacchus, Greek god of wine
surgery (branch of medicine)
encyclopedic dictionary
dentist
university of medicine
academic subject
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukachenko, president of Belarus from 1994
dentistry
Keysight Technologies (instrumentation company)
Minkowski (name)
science fiction
Koenigsegg (car manufacturer)
science fiction novel
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
pseudoscientist
Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star
Foucault's pendulum
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia)
social sciences
National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)
Blattidae, family of about 550 species of cockroach
Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
ophthalmology
Unocal (US oil company)
Caryophyllaceae family (carnations and pinks)
interdisciplinary
Tongji Medical College
Bamako, capital of Mali
Koper (port city of Slovenia)
Gryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera
Xidian University
preparatory course (in college)
key principle
Helmut Kohl (1930-), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
pediatrics
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
orthopedics
scientific and technical staff
university preparatory course
materials science
scientific research
Foxconn Technology Group
Anhui University of Technology and Science
Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
discotheque
science education
subject
science editor (of a publication)
Myrtaceae (family including myrtle, rosemary, oregano etc)
virus family
South Dakota, US state
Vanke, large Chinese real estate company, founded in 1984
Shaanxi University of Science and Technology
Sarkozy (name)
medical doctor; physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生[wài kē yī shēng]
Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher
department
information technology
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist
Agilent Technologies (research and manufacturing company)
scientism
Mustelidae (taxonomic family of weasel, otter, mink)
Shanghai Medical University
Sterculiaceae, family of Malvale trees incl. Cacao, Cola and Firmiana
psychiatrist
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Cochin (in south India)
ophthalmology
university undergraduate course
Krakow
plastic surgery
Business school
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
Shandong University of Science and Technology
modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian Islands
university of science and technology
Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)
family Mosasauridae
earth science
humanities and social sciences
Corsica (Island located west of Italy and southeast of France)
plastic surgeon
Chinese Academy of Science
Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
Dromaeosauridae (dinosaur family including velociraptor)
Waco
Journal of Atomic Scientists
gynecology
Jankovic
Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Frankenstein (novel)
Baidu online encyclopedia
required courses in the major subject
military science
Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
internal medicine; general medicine
Bachelor of Science B.Sc.
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
Concord (place name)
science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà])
encyclopedia
Coop, Swiss retailer branded as \coop\",2025-02-14 13:18:22,2025-02-14 13:18:22 134419,94476,now called 卡利卡特,2025-02-14 13:18:22,2025-02-14 13:18:22 134420,94477,Kohl (name),2025-02-14 13:18:22,2025-02-14 13:18:22 134421,94477,Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)
Kuwait
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
biotechnology
Kobe Bryant
preliminary round of imperial examinations
dermatology
the canines
pinaceae
Joko Widodo (1961-), Indonesian politician, president of Indonesia (2014-)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer
rank obtained in the imperial examinations
Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
imperial examinations
Arecaceae or Palmae, the palm family
Gobiidae (suborder of perch)
(scientific) researcher
science and engineering as academic subjects
scientific crop planting
science and technology
popular science
Phocidae, family within Carnivora including seal
history of science
computer science
Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
life sciences
Colin Firth, English actor (1960-)
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人[kē pǔ tè rén], spoken in Egypt until late 17th century
science & technology and industry
criminal record
Moraceae (type of flowering plant)
Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin
to flout the law
Colin (name)
Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria
Moscow, capital of Russia
Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England (978 m)
Acridoidea (family containing grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
Tymoshenko (name)
Cotonou (city in Benin)
\Weird Al\ Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs
engineering as an academic subject
to change major (at college)
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
North Dakota, US state
Colorado
Magnoliaceae, family of trees and shrubs
Nova Scotia province, Canada
Jericho (town in West Bank)
Kosovo
La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
natural sciences
the Copts, major ethnoreligious group of Egyptian Christians
Cohen (name)
popularization of science
neurology
pediatrics
Orchidaceae
Krohn's disease
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska
Umbelliferae or Apiaceae, plant family containing carrot, coriander etc
applied science
North Dakota, US state
cork
computer scientist
Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013
Shanghai Second Medical University
China Education and Research Network (CERNET)
Galapagos Islands
Tettigoniidae (katydids and crickets)
scientific experiment
Corinth (city of ancient Greece)
science education film
Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
Liliaceae
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
surgeon
textbook
Uncyclopedia (satirical website parodying Wikipedia)
Tuscola (county in Michigan)
RWTH Aachen University
network technology
Turks and Caicos Islands
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
(attributive) popular science
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟
medicine (as a science)
scientific knowledge
China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC)
penaeidae (the prawn or shrimp family)
Corona
academy
the grouper family
medical school
legume
liberal arts
SenseTime, artificial intelligence company focused on computer vision and deep learning technologies, founded in Hong Kong in 2014
Tyrannosauridae, the dinosaur family containing Tyrannosaurus
natural science fund
harpsichord
to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others)
family Papilionidae (taxonomy)
rule of science
scientific exploration team
Sapotaceae (botany)
Shangke Corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)
surgery
internal medicine
(scientific) research
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
to fail (a course)
Aegyptiidae (the vulture family)
section chief
Hebei University of Science and Technology
Christian Science
Fabaceae
Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea
Cisco Systems Company
Colorado
Coriolanus, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Dakota Fanning, American actress
interdisciplinary
Conakry, capital of Guinea
Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer
specialized subject
Acapulco, city in Mexico
gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)
Betulaceae (broadleaf tree family including birch and alder)
disco hall
(Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Kirkenes (city in Finnmark, Norway)
undergraduate student
Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)
Anacardiaceae, plant family including lac tree (Rhus vernicifera) 漆樹|漆树[qī shù]
to invigorate the country through science and education
Bombacaceae (botany)
research prototype
anti-science
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia
Cottbus (city in Germany)
Corona (beer)
Convolvulaceae, herbaceous plant family
interdisciplinary
Cologne, Germany or Colon, Panama
account
Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player
Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜|苋菜[xiàn cài]
maternity department
National Taipei University of Technology
pseudoscience
imperial examinations (in former times)
Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
micropedia
Picornaviridae (virus family including many human pathogens); small RNA virus
specialized school
science fiction movie
tadpole
science fiction
Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava)
the Grand Canyon (Colorado)
techno-thriller novel
Viktor Feyedov Yanukovych (1950-) Ukrainian politician
(administrative) section-level
Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
surgery
general practitioner
University of Science and Technology Beijing
orthopedic surgery
department of gynecology and obstetrics
ritual (Daoism)
Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)
Córdoba, Spain
person who is ignorant about science and technology
scientific parenting
Anna Sergeevna Kournikova (1981-), Russian tennis star and glamor model
echovirus (RNA virus in genus Enterovirus)
Comoros
Labiatae, the taxonomic family including lavender, mint
subfamily (taxonomy)
calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India)
science and technology
Bachelor of Arts B.A.
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
the pangolin family
Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[hú jǐn tāo], incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007
science
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
ophthalmologist
scientific management
scientist
environmental science
disco (loanword)
Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
Sikorski (name)
Felidae (the cat family)
Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower
neurosurgery
worker in science and technology
Tettigonioidea (katydids and crickets)
Charadriidae (plover family)
atomic scientist
high tech; high technology
techno-thriller (novel)
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
(botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family)
a scientific research group
academy of sciences
Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市|通辽市[tōng liáo shì], Inner Mongolia
Union of Comoros
Equidae
Chongqing Science and Technology University
Qobto or Kobdo, khanate of outer Mongolia
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus
Yurchenko (name)
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology
psychiatry
Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011
department
Tabasco (south Mexican state)
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University
Herpestidae (zoology)
psychiatry
(neologism c. 2018) worthy of being used as a textbook example
leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin