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教室 jiàoshì — classroom

jiàoshì (fourth tone, falling)jiao4shi4

classroom

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Meanings

  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

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