How to say “start of school” in Chinese
start of school
“Start of school” in Chinese is 开学, kāi xué: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
开学 is read kāi xué: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
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 “开学”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 开学. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 下周开学xiàzhōukāixuéSchool starts next week.
More words from the lesson “At school”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “start of school” in Chinese?
“Start of school” in Chinese is 开学, pinyin kāixué.
What does 开学 mean?
开学 (kāixué) means “start of school”.
How do you write 开学?
开学 is 2 characters: 开 (kāi) — open; drive; 学 (xué) — study, learn. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 开学?
开学 is read kāixué. Tones: kāi — first tone, xué — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“start of school” in the lesson “At school”
This word is from the topic “Studies and tasks” of HSK 2. 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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