科 (fo1) — class; variety; family (of plants or animals) in Cantonese

foˉ¹科
Mandarin Pinyin: ke1

Meaning of 科

nounclass; variety; family (of plants or animals)
nounbranch of academic or vocational studies
nounsection
nounrules; laws
nounsubject in the civil service examination of former times
noundepartment
nounthe action in Chinese opera
nounmete out (prison, terms, etc.); levy (taxes, etc.); fine someone
noun(suffix) 1. –ology; (noun) department;

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Example Sentences with 科

毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord.
cingˊ²請manˍ₆問haiˊ²喺jiˉ¹伊dou˗₃到hoˊ²可jiˏ₅以daap˗₃搭meˉ¹咩ceˉ¹車heoi˗₃去foˉ¹科daaiˍ₆大?
Excuse me, do you know what public transport can take me to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (from here)?
haauˊ²考guˊ²古hokˍ₆學haiˍ₆係jatˉ¹一munˎ₄門jinˎ₄研gau˗₃究janˎ₄人leoiˍ₆類manˎ₄文faa˗₃化tungˎ₄同likˍ₆歷siˊ²史ge˗₃嘅hokˍ₆學foˉ¹科
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history
jauˏ₅有jatˉ¹一ninˎ₄年,ngoˏ₅我jingˉ¹英manˊ²文foˉ¹科haauˊ²考munˏ₅滿fanˉ¹分。
There was one year, I got full score on the English examination.
科學家係用科學方法做研究嘅人
A scientist is someone who does research using scientific methods.
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