同学/同學 tóngxué — classmate, fellow student

Meanings

1. 1

   classmate, fellow student

   Someone you study with. It is also how a teacher addresses a pupil — 同学，请写你的名字 — which has no direct equivalent in English.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 学/學

  xué (second tone, rising)

  to study, to learn; learning, a field of study; school (in 学校)

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Example sentences

• 他是我的同学。/他是我的同學。Tā (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) tóngxué. (second tone, rising)···

  He’s a classmate of mine.

• 我的同学都会说汉语。/我的同學都會說漢語。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) tóngxué (second tone, rising) dōu (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level) Hànyǔ. (fourth tone, falling)···

  All my classmates can speak Chinese.

Similar words

Words containing 学

• 学习/學習xuéxí (second tone, rising)to study, to learn
• 学校/學校xuéxiào (second tone, rising)school
• 学/學xué (second tone, rising)to learn
• 学生/學生xuésheng (second tone, rising)student, pupil
• 大学/大學dà (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)university
• 科学/科學kēxué (first tone, high and level)science; scientific, rational
• 数学/數學shùxué (fourth tone, falling)mathematics, maths
• 学会/學會xué (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)to learn
• 学院/學院xué (second tone, rising) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)college
• 留学/留學liúxué (second tone, rising)to study abroad
• 上学/上學shàng (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)to go to school
• 医学/醫學yī (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising)medicine
• 化学/化學huà (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)chemistry
• 科学家/科學家kē (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)scientist
• 小学/小學xiǎo (third tone, dipping) xué (second tone, rising)elementary school; primary school
• 中学/中學zhōng (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising)middle school
• 文学/文學wén (second tone, rising) xué (second tone, rising)literature