How to say “humanities” in Chinese
humanities
“Humanities” in Chinese is 文科, wén kē: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
文科 is read wén kē: 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 “文科”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 文科. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我高中学的是文科wǒgāozhōngxuédeshìwénkēIn senior high school I was on the humanities track.
- 你为什么选文科？nǐwèishénmexuǎnwénkēWhy did you choose the humanities track?
More words from the lesson “Subjects and tracks”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “humanities” in Chinese?
“Humanities” in Chinese is 文科, pinyin wénkē.
What does 文科 mean?
文科 (wénkē) means “humanities”.
How do you write 文科?
文科 is 2 characters: 文 (wén) — writing, culture; 科 (kē) — branch, section; science. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 文科?
文科 is read wénkē. Tones: wén — second tone, kē — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“humanities” in the lesson “Subjects and tracks”
This word is from the topic “Studying” 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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