# 本科
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): běnkē
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄎㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^2$ fo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pún-kho / pún-kher
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bung$^2$ kuê$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: běnkē
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄎㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: běnke
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^3$-kʻo$^1$
*** Yale: běn-kē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenke
*** Palladius: бэнькэ (bɛnʹkɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^2$ fo$^1$
*** Yale: bún fō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^2$ fo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^2$ fo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³⁵ fɔː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-kho
*** Tâi-lô: pún-kho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pwnqoy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-kher
*** Tâi-lô: pún-kher
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰə³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bung$^2$ kuê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng khue
*** Sinological IPA : /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰue³³/

### Noun

本科
* (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) undergraduate course
    本科學位／本科学位 ― běnkē xuéwèi ― undergraduate degree
* major; main subject
    From: 2007, 吳偉賢, 從專科到通識教學有感, in 《大學通識報》 [University General Education Bulletin], issue 2, page 165
    ngo$^5$ dik$^1$ bun$^2$ fo$^1$ si$^6$ gung$^1$ cing$^4$ fo$^1$ hok$^6$, zi$^6$ jin$^4$ gau$^3$ jyun$^{6-2}$ bat$^1$ jip$^6$ hau$^6$, zik$^1$ tau$^4$ san$^1$ gaau$^3$ si$^1$ hong$^4$ jip$^6$, zoi$^6$ daai$^6$ hok$^6$ leoi$^5$ cung$^4$ si$^6$ gaau$^3$ hok$^6$ wo$^4$ hok$^6$ seot$^6$ jin$^4$ gau$^3$. [Jyutping]
    I majored in engineering science. After graduating from graduate school, I went immediately into a teaching career, conducting pedagogical and academic research in the university.
    From: 2018, 尹啟銘, 《流光緩緩，迷了路又何妨》, page 61
    Yóuyú zhīdào tā běnkē shì Zhōngwén xì, yúshì wǒ kāishǐ hàn tā tǎolùn Tángshī, Sòngcí, Míng-Qīng xiǎoshuō, Lúnyǔ, Mèngzǐ, Chūshībiǎo, Chìbì, Yuèyánglóujì děng. [Pinyin]
    Knowing that she majored in Chinese, I started to discuss Tang poetry, Song ci, Ming–Qing novels, the Analects, Mencius, Chu Shi Biao, "Chibi", and "On Yueyang Tower" with her.
    From: 2019, 李弘祺, 思考一個大學校長, in 《臺大校友雙月刊》, issue 125, page 30
    Tā tīngdào Chén xiàozhǎng de zhìcí, zhuǎnshēn wèn wǒ shuō, xiàozhǎng de běnkē shì shénme? Wǒ gàosù tā shuō shì wùlǐ, tā fēicháng chījīng, liánshēng chēngzàn shuō, méiyǒu xiǎngdào Qīnghuá de xiàozhǎng huì duì Sòngdài yǒu zhème shēnkè de rènshì, tèbié shì zhīdào Sòngdài lìshǐ jiěshì de xīnjiù kànfǎ yúnyún. [Pinyin]
    When he heard Principal Chen's speech, he turned over and asked me what the principal's main subject is. When I told him that it is physics, he was very shocked and praised him repeatedly, saying that he never thought that Tsinghua's principal would have such deep understanding of the Song dynasty, especially that he knows the new and old views on the historical explanation of the Song dynasty and so on.
* (historical) Synonym of 進士／进士 (jìnshì)

#### Derived terms

* 本科生 (běnkēshēng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 本 | 科 |
| ほん Grade: 1 | か Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

本(ほん)科(か) • (honka)
* regular course; this lesson