民間科學家

Chinese

		folk; common; popular folk; common; popular; non-governmental	scientist
trad. (民間科學家)		民間	科學家
simp. (民间科学家)		民间	科学家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínjiān kēxuéjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ gaan¹ fo¹ hok⁶ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínjiān kēxuéjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínjian kesyuéjia
    • Wade–Giles: min²-chien¹ kʻo¹-hsüeh²-chia¹
    • Yale: mín-jyān kē-sywé-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjian keshyuejia
    • Palladius: миньцзянь кэсюэцзя (minʹczjanʹ kɛsjueczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ gaan¹ fo¹ hok⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: màhn gāan fō hohk gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ gaan¹ fo¹ hok⁹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ gan¹ fo¹ hog⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kaːn⁵⁵ fɔː⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

民間科學家

1. (neologism, derogatory) “folk scientist”, a person who has minimal formal scientific training and knowledge but is highly enthusiastic about scientific “research” and publicising their pseudoscience theories; crank

Synonyms

• (short form) 民科 (mínkē)

See also

• 民間哲學家／民间哲学家 (mínjiān zhéxuéjiā)