How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Simplified Chinese words on “Science and technology”. The full topic holds 193 in the KoKo app: 72 at the easy level, 74 at the medium level and 47 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Simplified Chinese vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Simplified Chinese vocabulary: science and technology

Experiment, energy, machine, research: the words of science and technology in Simplified Chinese.

Here are 100 Simplified Chinese words on “Science and technology”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 38 words

Simplified Chinese	English
酸	acid
分析	analysis
电流	current
除法	division
DNA	DNA
元素	element
实验	experiment
公式	formula
热能	heat
创新	innovation
实验室	laboratory
液体	liquid
质量	mass
混合物	mixture
模型	model
月球	moon
观察	observation
百分比	percentage
进展	progress
证据	proof
研究	research
研究人员	researcher
电阻	resistance
科学	science
科学方法	scientific method
固体	solid
速度	speed
星星	star
统计数据	statistic
总和	sum
技术	technique
理论	theory
发掘	to discover
测量	to measure
证明	to prove
测试	to test
波动	wave
重量	weight

Level 2: medium 38 words

Simplified Chinese	English
加速度	acceleration
加法	addition
宇航员	astronaut
计算	calculation
燃烧	combustion
导体	conducting material
曲线	curve
工程学	engineering
化石	fossil
发电机	generator
图表	graph
重力	gravity
氢	hydrogen
发明品	invention
激光	laser
误差范围	margin of error
分子	molecule
氮	nitrogen
原子核	nucleus
轨道	orbit
生物体	organism
粒子	particle
周长	perimeter
周期表	periodic table
实验方案	protocol
直角	right angle
火箭	rocket
样本	sample
模拟	simulation
光谱	spectrum
弹簧	spring
定理	theorem
解析	to analyse
运算	to calculate
设计	to design
表述	to formulate
变量	variable
波长	wavelength

Level 3: hard 24 words

Simplified Chinese	English
公理	axiom
沸腾	boiling
染色体	chromosome
克隆	cloning
化合物	compound
常数	constant
坐标	coordinate
核裂变	fission
同位素	isotope
放大镜	magnifying glass
微生物	microbe
纳米技术	nanotechnology
氧化	oxidation
光合作用	photosynthesis
活塞	piston
质子	proton
放射性	radioactivity
半导体	semiconductor
试管	test tube
热力学	thermodynamics
申请专利	to patent
反驳	to refute
涡轮机	turbine
失重	weightlessness

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Simplified Chinese words on “Science and technology”. The full topic holds 193 in the KoKo app: 72 at the easy level, 74 at the medium level and 47 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Simplified Chinese vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Simplified Chinese vocabulary on iPhone.