Definition
科学 (kē xué) means 'science' as a field of study and 'scientific' as an adjective describing something based on science. It is different from 合理 (hé lǐ), which means 'reasonable' in a general sense, and from 理性 (lǐ xìng), which means 'rational' in terms of logical thinking. Use 科学 for science-related concepts, not for ordinary reasonableness.
sciencescientific knowledgescientificrational
Measure word · 门, 个, 种
Examples
- 科学。kē xué duì wǒmen de shēnghuó hěn zhòngyào.Science is very important to our lives.
- 科学。Zhège fāngfǎ bù kē xué.This method is not scientific.
- 科学。Wǒmen xūyào kē xué de zuò juédìng.We need to make decisions scientifically.
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