学科 xuékē subject
subject; branch of learning; course; academic discipline
How to remember 学科: 学 learn + 科 classification = subject.
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How it is used
- A field or branch of study, especially in higher education and research: 跨学科 (kuà xuékē) - interdisciplinary; 主要学科 (zhǔyào xuékē) - main disciplines. Compare 科目 (kēmù), also 'subject,' but leaning toward school-timetable or exam subjects like math or English - 学科 is the more academic, structural term.
Example sentences
- 语言学是门很有意思的学科。 Yǔyánxué shì mén hěn yǒuyìsi de xuékē.Linguistics is a very interesting field.
- 英语变成了我最喜欢的学科。 Yīngyǔ biànchéng le wǒ zuì xǐhuān de xuékē.English has become my favorite subject.
- 所有学科中，我比较喜欢英语。 Suǒyǒu xuékē zhōng, wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuān yīngyǔ.I like English best of all subjects.