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格物 (gaak3 mat6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

格物 (gaak3 mat6, gé wù) — to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 格仔 (gaak3 zai2) — checkered; squares (pattern)
• 格仔紙 (gaak3 zai2 zi2) — grid paper; graph paper; squared paper
• 格仔餅 (gaak3 zai2 beng2) — waffle
• 格價 (gaak3 gaa3) — comparing prices
• 格劍 (gaak3 gim3) — (noun) frotting (a type of sex act)
• 格 (gaak3) — to fight or battle; square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standa…

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