How to say “campus” in Chinese
campus, schoolyard
“Campus” in Chinese is 校园, xiào yuán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
校园 is read xiào yuán: 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
On the left, 木 “tree”.
Outside, 囗 “fence”; inside, 元 yuán hints at the sound.
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 “校园”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 校园. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我们的校园很漂亮wǒmendexiàoyuánhěnpiàoliangOur campus is beautiful.
- 副2校长陪同客人参观了校园fùxiàozhǎngpéitóngkèréncānguānlexiàoyuánThe vice principal accompanied the guests on a tour of the campus.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “campus” in Chinese?
“Campus” in Chinese is 校园, pinyin xiàoyuán.
What does 校园 mean?
校园 (xiàoyuán) means “campus, schoolyard”.
How do you write 校园?
校园 is 2 characters: 校 (xiào) — school; 园 (yuán) — garden, park. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 校园?
校园 is read xiàoyuán. Tones: xiào — fourth tone, yuán — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“campus” in the lesson “What grade are you in?”
This word is from the topic “Studying” of HSK 3. 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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