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): ㄎㄜㄆㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹ pou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kher-phó͘ / kho-phó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuê¹ pou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kēpǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜㄆㄨˇ
  - 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

to popularise science
(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

popular science

Descendants

→ Zhuang: gohbuj