百科 (bǎikē): encyclopedia

Meanings

1 encyclopedia
2 encyclopedic
3 all fields of knowledge

Characters

百

bǎi

hundred / all / every

科

kē

branch of study / department / subject

Examples

百度百科是中国最大的在线百科全书。

Bǎidù Bǎikē shì Zhōngguó zuì dà de zàixiàn bǎikē quánshū.

Baidu Baike is China's largest online encyclopedia.

他知识渊博，像一本活的百科全书。

Tā zhīshì yuānbó, xiàng yī běn huó de bǎikē quánshū.

He is very knowledgeable — like a living encyclopedia.

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usage

百科 is short for 百科全书 (bǎikē quánshū, encyclopedia). Standalone 百科 is commonly used in product names (百度百科 = Baidu Baike, China's Wikipedia equivalent) and in compounds. The full 百科全书 means a comprehensive reference work covering all fields of knowledge.