# 本科 (běnkē)

In Mandarin Chinese, 本科 (běnkē) means “undergraduate (studies)”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: undergraduate (studies)
- Pinyin: běnkē (ben3 ke1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他本科毕业后就参加工作了。
  Tā běnkē bìyè hòu jiù cānjiā gōngzuòle.
  He started working right after graduating from his undergraduate studies.

## Characters

- [本](https://hanziro.com/word/ben-books/) (běn): (measure word) for books
- [科](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-subject/) (kē): subject; department

https://hanziro.com/word/ben-ke-undergraduate/

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