數理化

Chinese

		number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (數理化)		數	理	化
simp. (数理化)		数	理	化

Etymology

Short for 數學／数学 (shùxué) + 物理 (wùlǐ) + 化學／化学 (huàxué).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùlǐhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ lei⁵ faa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùlǐhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùlǐhuà
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-li³-hua⁴
    • Yale: shù-lǐ-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhliihuah
    • Palladius: шулихуа (šulixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ lei⁵ faa³
    • Yale: sou léih fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ lei⁵ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ léi⁵ fa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ lei̯¹³ faː³³/

Noun

數理化

1. mathematics, physics and chemistry

   學好數理化，走遍天下都不怕。 [MSC, trad.]
   学好数理化，走遍天下都不怕。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xuéhǎo shùlǐhuà, zǒubiàntiānxià dōu bùpà. [Pinyin]

   A mastery of maths, physics and chemistry is a key to global success. (common saying)