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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