教室 jiàoshì — classroom

Meanings

1. 1

   classroom

   The room a class is taught in — 教 "to teach" plus 室 "room". Being an enclosed space it usually takes 里 when you locate somebody in it: 在教室里.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 教

  jiāo (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)

  (jiāo) to teach, to instruct; (jiào) education, teaching; a religion

  11 strokes⿰孝攵Radical 攴
• 室

  shì (fourth tone, falling)

  a room, a chamber; an office or department within an institution

  9 strokes⿱宀至Radical 宀

Example sentences

• 我们的教室很大。/我們的教室很大。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) jiàoshì (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) dà. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Our classroom is big.

• 老师在教室里等你。/老師在教室裡等你。Lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) jiàoshì (fourth tone, falling) lǐ (third tone, dipping) děng (third tone, dipping) nǐ. (third tone, dipping)···

  The teacher is waiting for you in the classroom.

Similar words

Words containing 教

• 教jiāo (first tone, high and level)to teach
• 教育jiào (fourth tone, falling) yù (fourth tone, falling)to educate
• 教授jiào (fourth tone, falling) shòu (fourth tone, falling)professor
• 教练/教練jiào (fourth tone, falling) liàn (fourth tone, falling)instructor
• 教师/教師jiào (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)teacher
• 教训/教訓jiào (fourth tone, falling) xun (neutral tone)lesson
• 宗教zōng (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)religion
• 教学/教學jiào (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)teaching
• 教堂jiào (fourth tone, falling) táng (second tone, rising)church
• 家教jiā (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)family education
• 基督教Jī (first tone, high and level) dū (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling)Christianity
• 请教/請教qǐng (third tone, dipping) jiào (fourth tone, falling)to ask for guidance
• 教科书/教科書jiào (fourth tone, falling) kē (first tone, high and level) shū (first tone, high and level)textbook
• 佛教Fó (second tone, rising) jiào (fourth tone, falling)Buddhism
• 教养/教養jiào (fourth tone, falling) yǎng (third tone, dipping)to train
• 天主教Tiān (first tone, high and level) zhǔ (third tone, dipping) jiào (fourth tone, falling)Catholicism
• 教材jiào (fourth tone, falling) cái (second tone, rising)teaching material

Words containing 室

• 室shì (fourth tone, falling)room
• 办公室/辦公室bàngōngshì (fourth tone, falling)office (the room)
• 实验室/實驗室shí (second tone, rising) yàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)laboratory
• 卧室/臥室wò (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)bedroom
• 浴室yù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)bathroom (room used for bathing)
• 地下室dì (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)basement
• 寝室/寢室qǐn (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)bedroom
• 手术室/手術室shǒu (third tone, dipping) shù (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)operating room
• 皇室huáng (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)royal family
• 温室/溫室wēn (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling)greenhouse
• 更衣室gēng (first tone, high and level) yī (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling)change room; dressing room; locker room
• 演播室yǎn (third tone, dipping) bō (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling)broadcasting studio
• 阅览室/閱覽室yuè (fourth tone, falling) lǎn (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)reading room