科学 (kē xué) — science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational
Definition
The everyday word for 'science' as a field of study, and 'scientific' as a method. As an adjective it means evidence-based and methodical — unlike 合理 ('reasonable' in a common-sense sense).
sciencescientific knowledgescientificrational
Measure word · 门, 个, 种
Examples
- 科学。kē xué Duì wǒ men de shēng huó hěn zhòng yào.Science is very important to our lives.
- 科学。Zhè ge fāng fǎ bù kē xué.This method is not scientific.
- 科学。Wǒ men xū yào kē xué dì zuò jué dìng.We need to make decisions scientifically.
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