本科

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	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
simp. and trad. (本科)		本	科

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnkē

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² fo¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pún-kho / pún-kher

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung² kuê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnkē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnke
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-kʻo¹
    • Yale: běn-kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenke
    • Palladius: бэнькэ (bɛnʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² fo¹
    • Yale: bún fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ fɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-kho
    • Tâi-lô: pún-kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnqoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-kher
    • Tâi-lô: pún-kher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰə³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung² kuê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng khue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰue³³/

Noun

本科

1. (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) undergraduate course

   本科學位／本科学位  ―  běnkē xuéwèi  ―  undergraduate degree

2. major; main subject

   • 我的本科是工程科學，自研究院畢業後，即投身教師行業，在大學裏從事教學和學術研究。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     我的本科是工程科学，自研究院毕业后，即投身教师行业，在大学里从事教学和学术研究。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2007, 吳偉賢, 從專科到通識教學有感, in 《大學通識報》 [University General Education Bulletin], issue 2, page 165

     ngo⁵ dik¹ bun² fo¹ si⁶ gung¹ cing⁴ fo¹ hok⁶, zi⁶ jin⁴ gau³ jyun^6-2 bat¹ jip⁶ hau⁶, zik¹ tau⁴ san¹ gaau³ si¹ hong⁴ jip⁶, zoi⁶ daai⁶ hok⁶ leoi⁵ cung⁴ si⁶ gaau³ hok⁶ wo⁴ hok⁶ seot⁶ jin⁴ gau³. [Jyutping]

     I majored in engineering science. After graduating from graduate school, I went immediately into a teaching career, conducting pedagogical and academic research in the university.

   • 由於知道她本科是中文系，於是我開始和她討論唐詩、宋詞、明清小說、論語、孟子、出師表、赤壁、岳陽樓記等。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     由于知道她本科是中文系，于是我开始和她讨论唐诗、宋词、明清小说、论语、孟子、出师表、赤壁、岳阳楼记等。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2018, 尹啟銘, 《流光緩緩，迷了路又何妨》, page 61

     Yóuyú zhīdào tā běnkē shì Zhōngwén xì, yúshì wǒ kāishǐ hàn tā tǎolùn Tángshī, Sòngcí, Míng-Qīng xiǎoshuō, Lúnyǔ, Mèngzǐ, Chūshībiǎo, Chìbì, Yuèyánglóujì děng. [Pinyin]

     Knowing that she majored in Chinese, I started to discuss Tang poetry, Song ci, Ming–Qing novels, the Analects, Mencius, Chu Shi Biao, "Chibi", and "On Yueyang Tower" with her.

   • 他聽到陳校長的致詞，轉身問我說，校長的本科是什麼？我告訴他說是物理，他非常吃驚，連聲稱讚說，沒有想到清華的校長會對宋代有這麼深刻的認識，特別是知道宋代歷史解釋的新舊看法云云。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     他听到陈校长的致词，转身问我说，校长的本科是什么？我告诉他说是物理，他非常吃惊，连声称赞说，没有想到清华的校长会对宋代有这么深刻的认识，特别是知道宋代历史解释的新旧看法云云。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2019, 李弘祺, 思考一個大學校長, in 《臺大校友雙月刊》, issue 125, page 30

     Tā tīngdào Chén xiàozhǎng de zhìcí, zhuǎnshēn wèn wǒ shuō, xiàozhǎng de běnkē shì shénme? Wǒ gàosù tā shuō shì wùlǐ, tā fēicháng chījīng, liánshēng chēngzàn shuō, méiyǒu xiǎngdào Qīnghuá de xiàozhǎng huì duì Sòngdài yǒu zhème shēnkè de rènshì, tèbié shì zhīdào Sòngdài lìshǐ jiěshì de xīnjiù kànfǎ yúnyún. [Pinyin]

     When he heard Principal Chen's speech, he turned over and asked me what the principal's main subject is. When I told him that it is physics, he was very shocked and praised him repeatedly, saying that he never thought that Tsinghua's principal would have such deep understanding of the Song dynasty, especially that he knows the new and old views on the historical explanation of the Song dynasty and so on.

3. (historical) Synonym of 進士／进士 (jìnshì)

Derived terms

• 本科生 (běnkēshēng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	科
ほん Grade: 1	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

本(ほん)科(か) • (honka) 

1. regular course; this lesson