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Humanities in Chinese

humanities · HSK 6

文科 wén kē

  1. 文 wén writing
  2. 科 kē branch of study

我姐姐上大学学的是文科。 My older sister studied humanities at university.

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How do you say humanities in Chinese?

Humanities in Chinese is 文科 (wén kē).

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