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高科技 (gāo kē jì) — high tech, high technology

Definition

Refers to advanced, cutting-edge technology and the industry built around it — a narrower, more commercial term than 科技 ('science and technology' in general). Often used as an adjective: 高科技公司, 高科技产品.

noun
high techhigh technology
Measure word · 项

Examples

  • 高科技。
    Hěn duō gāo kē jì gōng sī zài zhōng guó fā zhǎn dé hěn kuài.
    Many high-tech companies are developing very fast in China.
  • 高科技。
    Wǒ xiǎng zhǎo yí fèn gāo kē jì fāng miàn de gōng zuò.
    I want to find a job in the high-tech field.
  • 高科技。
    Zhè ge chǎn pǐn yòng le zuì xīn de gāo kē jì.
    This product uses the latest high technology.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

高gāohigh
科技science and technology
科kēscience技jìtechnique
联合Coordinate

高 points to high level, while 科技 joins 科 and 技 into science and technology.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斗斗dòumeasuring tool
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé科kē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

科 pairs 禾, which gives the hé sound, with 斗, a measuring tool.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
支
支zhī技jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

技 pairs 扌 (hand) with 支, which gives the sound. The hand part fits the idea of skill or ability done with the hands.

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HSK 3.0 Level 5

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