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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(loanword) science (early 20th-century term)
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Original source entry:

賽因斯 赛因斯 [sai4 yin1 si1] /(loanword) science (early 20th-century term)/

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Other forms in these source records: 賽因斯

  • 赛
    sài

    to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel

  • 因
    yīn

    cause / reason / because

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

    Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī luò fá kè]

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