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科普

kē pǔ

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

科普 (kē pǔ) means "(attributive) popular science; (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 科普 means

1. popularization of science (abbr. for {科学普及|kē xué pǔ jí})
2. (attributive) popular science
3. colloquialto explain in layperson's terms

The characters in 科普

• 科kēbranch of study; administrative section; division
• 普pǔgeneral; popular; everywhere

Example sentences

• 斯科普里是北马其顿的首都。
  Sīkēpǔlǐ shì Běi Mǎqídùn de shǒudū.
  Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia.

Words starting with 科普

• 科普特人Kē pǔ tè rénthe Copts, major ethnoreligious group of Egyptian Christians
• 科普特语Kē pǔ tè yǔCoptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人

Words containing 科普

• 斯科普里Sī kē pǔ lǐSkopje, capital of North Macedonia

Sounds the same

Read kē pǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 科浦Coop, Swiss retailer branded as "coop"

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