理科

lǐkē

noun HSK 7-9 #20,023

Meanings

1 science (as a school subject)
2 the sciences

Characters

principle; science

subject; department

Examples

HSK 2

他高中选了理科。

Tā gāozhōng xuǎn le lǐkē.

He chose the science track in high school.

HSK 3

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