科普

Chinese

		branch of study; administrative section; division branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes, etc.); to fine someone	general; popular; everywhere general; popular; everywhere; universal
simp. and trad. (科普)		科	普

Etymology

Short for 科學普及／科学普及 (kēxué pǔjí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēpǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹ pou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kher-phó͘ / kho-phó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuê¹ pou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēpǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kepǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-pʻu³
    • Yale: kē-pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kepuu
    • Palladius: кэпу (kɛpu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo¹ pou²
    • Yale: fō póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹ pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹ pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kher-phó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kher-phóo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰə³³ pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho-phó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kho-phóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoiphor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuê¹ pou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khue phóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰue³³⁻²³ pʰou⁵²/

Verb

科普

1. to popularise science
2. (neologism, slang, by extension) to explain in simple terms to someone unfamiliar with it; to help someone understand something; to fill someone in (on)

   給你科普一下／给你科普一下  ―  gěi nǐ kēpǔ yīxià  ―  (I will) explain to you in simple terms

Noun

科普

1. popular science

Descendants

• → Zhuang: gohbuj