How to say “scholarship” in Chinese

学术
xuéshù

scholarship, academic

noun · HSK 5 · topic “Science and technology”

“Scholarship” in Chinese is 学术, xué shù: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

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

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

How to write it

学
xué — study, learn

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

术
shù — skill, technique

Looks like 木 “tree”, but with a dot at the top right.

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 “学术”.

Examples

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

  • 下个月我要去参加学术会议xiàgeyuèwǒyàoqùcānjiāxuéshùhuìyìNext month I'm going to an academic conference.

More words from the lesson “Scholars and theories”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “scholarship” in Chinese?

“Scholarship” in Chinese is 学术, pinyin xuéshù.

What does 学术 mean?

学术 (xuéshù) means “scholarship, academic”.

How do you write 学术?

学术 is 2 characters: 学 (xué) — study, learn; 术 (shù) — skill, technique. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 学术?

学术 is read xuéshù. Tones: xué — second tone, shù — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“scholarship” in the lesson “Scholars and theories”

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