范畴 (fàn chóu) — (philosophy, logic) category; fundamental grouping that defines a field of inquiry; (linguistics) grammatical category; domain; scope of a concept or discipline
Definition
范畴 is a formal, technical 'category' — used in philosophy, logic, and grammar, and broader than 类型 or 类别 (which sort concrete kinds). 范围 is the 'scope/extent' something covers, not a category itself.
noun
(philosophy, logic) categoryfundamental grouping that defines a field of inquiry(linguistics) grammatical categorydomainscope of a concept or discipline
Easily confused
Examples
- 范畴。Shí jiān hé kōng jiān shì zhé xué de jī běn fàn chóu.Time and space are fundamental categories of philosophy.
- 范畴。Dòng cí de shí tài shǔ yú yǔ fǎ fàn chóu.Verb tense belongs to the grammatical category.
- 范畴。Zhè liǎng gè wèn tí bù shǔ yú tóng yí gè fàn chóu.These two questions do not belong to the same category.
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