理科

lǐkē

noun HSK 7 #20,023

Meanings

1 science (as a school subject)
2 the sciences

Characters

principle; science

subject; department

Examples

他高中选了理科。

Tā gāozhōng xuǎn le lǐkē.

He chose the science track in high school.

理科生的数学一般比较好。

Lǐkē shēng de shùxué yībān bǐjiào hǎo.

Science students are generally better at math.

Tips

culture

In the Chinese education system, students traditionally chose between 理科 (sciences: math, physics, chemistry, biology) and 文科 (wénkē, arts/humanities) in high school. Recent reforms are moving away from this rigid split.

Stroke Order

理 lǐ

科 kē