How to say “study” in Chinese
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“Study” in Chinese is 学习, xué xí: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
学习 is read xué xí: 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 “学习”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 学习. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我在学校学习汉语wǒzàixuéxiàoxuéxíHànyǔI study Chinese at school.
- 我正在学习汉语wǒzhèngzàixuéxíHànyǔI’m studying Chinese right now.
- 我学习汉语我很喜欢中文wǒxuéxíHànyǔ,wǒhěnxǐhuanZhōngwénI study Chinese, and I really like it.
- 她学习很认真tāxuéxíhěnrènzhēnShe studies very hard.
- 他学习很努力tāxuéxíhěnnǔlìHe studies very hard.
- 老师表扬他学习努力。lǎoshībiǎoyángtāxuéxínǔlìThe teacher praises him for studying hard.
More words from the lesson “Studying Chinese”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “study” in Chinese?
“Study” in Chinese is 学习, pinyin xuéxí.
What does 学习 mean?
学习 (xuéxí) means “study”.
How do you write 学习?
学习 is 2 characters: 学 (xué) — study, learn; 习 (xí) — practice. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 学习?
学习 is read xuéxí. Tones: xué — second tone, xí — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“study” in the lesson “Studying Chinese”
This word is from the topic “Study, work and free time” of HSK 1. 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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