How to say “popular science” in Chinese
popular science; educate
“Popular science” in Chinese is 科普, kē pǔ: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
科普 is read kē pǔ: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 禾 “grain”; on the right, 斗 “measure”: measuring out grain and sorting it by kind.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “科普”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 科普. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 他写了许多科普文章tāxiělexǔduōkēpǔwénzhāngHe's written many popular science articles.
- 你给我们科普一下吧nǐgěiwǒmenkēpǔyíxiàbaGo on, explain it to us in plain words.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “popular science” in Chinese?
“Popular science” in Chinese is 科普, pinyin kēpǔ.
What does 科普 mean?
科普 (kēpǔ) means “popular science; educate”.
How do you write 科普?
科普 is 2 characters: 科 (kē) — branch, section; science; 普 (pǔ) — universal, everywhere. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 科普?
科普 is read kēpǔ. Tones: kē — first tone, pǔ — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“popular science” in the lesson “A talk: topic and sources”
This word is from the topic “Research and discovery” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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