賽因斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (賽因斯)		賽	因	斯
simp. (赛因斯)		赛	因	斯
alternative forms		賽恩斯／赛恩斯

Etymology

Borrowed from English science.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàiyīnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄣ ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàiyīnsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄧㄣ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàiyinsih
    • Wade–Giles: sai⁴-yin¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sài-yīn-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sayinsy
    • Palladius: сайиньсы (sajinʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

Noun

賽因斯

1. (obsolete) science

   • 本誌同人本來無罪，只因為擁護那德莫克拉西（democracy）和賽因斯（science）兩位先生，才犯了這幾條滔天的大罪。 [MSC, trad.]
     本志同人本来无罪，只因为拥护那德莫克拉西（democracy）和赛因斯（science）两位先生，才犯了这几条滔天的大罪。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1919 January 15, Chen Duxiu, 《罪案之答辯書》

     Běn zhì tóngrén běnlái wúzuì, zhǐ yīnwèi yōnghù nà démòkèlāxī (democracy) hé sàiyīnsī (science) liǎng wèi xiānshēng, cái fàn le zhè jǐ tiáo tāotiān de dàzuì. [Pinyin]

     The fellow workers of this magazine originally weren't guilty; it was only their support to Mr. Democracy to Mr. Science that led to their heinous crimes.

Synonyms

• 科學／科学 (kēxué)