How to say “teaching” in Chinese

教学
jiàoxué

teaching

noun · HSK 4 · topic “University and goals”

“Teaching” in Chinese is 教学, jiào xué: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

教学 is read jiào xué: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

jiào — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
xué — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

教
jiāo — teach

In 教室 it is read jiào.

学
xué — study, learn

Below, 子 “child”: it is the child who studies.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “教学”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 教学. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 王老师有二十年的教学经验。WánglǎoshīyǒuèrshíniándejiàoxuéjīngyànTeacher Wang has twenty years of teaching experience.
  • 学校正在进行教学改革xuéxiàozhèngzàijìnxíngjiàoxuégǎigéThe school is carrying out a teaching reform.

More words from the lesson “What and how they teach”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “teaching” in Chinese?

“Teaching” in Chinese is 教学, pinyin jiàoxué.

What does 教学 mean?

教学 (jiàoxué) means “teaching”.

How do you write 教学?

教学 is 2 characters: 教 (jiāo) — teach; 学 (xué) — study, learn. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 教学?

教学 is read jiàoxué. Tones: jiào — fourth tone, xué — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“teaching” in the lesson “What and how they teach”

This word is from the topic “University and goals” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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