学校/學校 xuéxiào — school

Meanings

1. 1

   school

   Any teaching institution, from a primary school to a university. Schools are counted with 所, and going there is 去学校 — no preposition is needed.

   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
• 校

  xiào (fourth tone, falling) jiào (fourth tone, falling)

  school; (jiào) to check against an original, to proofread, to collate

  10 strokes⿰木交Radical 木

Example sentences

• 我们的学校很漂亮。/我們的學校很漂亮。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) hěn (third tone, dipping) piàoliang. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Our school is beautiful.

• 他上午在学校学习。/他上午在學校學習。Tā (first tone, high and level) shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) xuéxí. (second tone, rising)···

  He studies at school in the morning.

Similar words

Words containing 学

• 学习/學習xuéxí (second tone, rising)to study, to learn
• 学生/學生xuésheng (second tone, rising)student, pupil
• 科学/科學kēxué (first tone, high and level)science; scientific, rational
• 同学/同學tóngxué (second tone, rising)classmate, fellow student
• 数学/數學shùxué (fourth tone, falling)mathematics, maths
• 留学/留學liúxué (second tone, rising)to study abroad

Words containing 校

• 校长/校長xiàozhǎng (fourth tone, falling)headteacher, principal, university president