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同学同學 tóngxué — classmate, fellow student

tóngxué (second tone, rising)tong2xue2

Traditional: 同學

classmate, fellow student

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Meanings

  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)

    8 strokes⿳⺍冖子Radical 子

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.

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