賽因斯

赛因斯
sàiyīnsī
(loanword) science (early 20th-century term)

CEDICT

loanword

Entry Composition

1 賽 sài
  1. to compete
  2. competition
  3. match
  4. to surpass
  5. better than
  6. superior to
  7. to excel
=2 因 yīn old variant of 因 yīn
=2 因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
3 斯 sī
  1. (phonetic)
  2. this