科学界

科學界

kēxuéjiè

noun #28,069

Meanings

Zhè xiàng fāxiàn zhènjīng le zhěnggè kēxuéjiè.

This discovery shocked the entire scientific community.

Kēxuéjiè duì zhège lǐlùn hái cúnzài zhēngyì.

There is still debate within the scientific community about this theory.

usage

界 is a productive suffix meaning 'world, circles, community'. Compare: 政界 (political circles), 文学界 (literary world), 商界 (business community).

科 kē

学 xué

界 jiè