How to say “school” in Chinese
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“School” in Chinese is 学校, xué xiào: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
学校 is read xué xiào: 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.
On the left, 木 “tree”.
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 “学校”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 学校. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我妈妈在学校wǒmāmazàixuéxiàoMy mom is at school.
- 电影院在学校后边。diànyǐngyuànzàixuéxiàohòubianThe movie theater is behind the school.
- 学校前边是书店。xuéxiàoqiánbianshìshūdiànIn front of the school is a bookstore.
- 我在学校学习汉语wǒzàixuéxiàoxuéxíHànyǔI study Chinese at school.
- 学校离我家很近。xuéxiàolíwǒjiāhěnjìnThe school is close to my home.
- 学校前面有一家书店xuéxiàoqiánmiànyǒuyìjiāshūdiànThere's a bookstore in front of the school.
More words from the lesson “Places in town”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “school” in Chinese?
“School” in Chinese is 学校, pinyin xuéxiào.
What does 学校 mean?
学校 (xuéxiào) means “school”.
How do you write 学校?
学校 is 2 characters: 学 (xué) — study, learn; 校 (xiào) — school. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 学校?
学校 is read xuéxiào. Tones: xué — second tone, xiào — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“school” in the lesson “Places in town”
This word is from the topic “Around the city” 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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