How to say “academic subject” in Chinese

学科
xuékē

academic subject

noun · HSK 5 · topic “Studying and student life”

“Academic subject” in Chinese is 学科, xué kē: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.

How to pronounce it

学科 is read xué kē: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

xué — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”
kē — 1st tonehigh and level, like a long note

How to write it

学
xué — study, learn

Below, 子 “child”: it is the child who studies.

科
kē — branch, section; science

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 “学科”.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “academic subject” in Chinese?

“Academic subject” in Chinese is 学科, pinyin xuékē.

What does 学科 mean?

学科 (xuékē) means “academic subject”.

How do you write 学科?

学科 is 2 characters: 学 (xué) — study, learn; 科 (kē) — branch, section; science. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 学科?

学科 is read xuékē. Tones: xué — second tone, kē — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“academic subject” in the lesson “Campus and dorm”

This word is from the topic “Studying and student life” of HSK 5. 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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