理科 meaning in English

lǐkē

the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])

HSK 7-9noun20 strokes

Meaning of 理科

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lǐkē
  1. the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])

理科 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

理lǐ科kē比bǐ文wén科kē难nán。
The natural sciences are harder than the social sciences.
他tā在zài自zì然rán地dì理lǐ科kē学xué界jiè取qǔ得de了le突tū破pò性xìng的de成chéng果guǒ。
He did pioneering work in the field of physical geography.

Stroke order for each character

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理 lǐ · texture · 11 strokes

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科 kē · branch of study · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 理科.

科学kēxuéscience; scientific knowledge
道理dàolǐreason; argument
科学家kēxuéjiāscientist
经理jīnglǐmanager; director
理想lǐxiǎngan ideal; a dream
处理chǔlǐto handle; to deal with; to punish
理解lǐjiěto comprehend; to understand
理由lǐyóureason; grounds
理论lǐlùntheory; to argue
管理guǎnlǐto supervise; to manage
整理zhěnglǐto arrange; to tidy up
合理hélǐrational; reasonable; sensible; fair

Questions about 理科

What does 理科 mean?

理科 (lǐkē) means "the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 理科?

理科 is made of 2 characters: 理 (11 strokes), 科 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 理科 an HSK word?

Yes. 理科 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.