How to say “institute” in Chinese
institute, school, faculty
“Institute” in Chinese is 学院, xué yuàn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
学院 is read xué yuàn: 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 “学院”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 学院. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 王教授是我们学院的院长。WángjiàoshòushìwǒmenxuéyuàndeyuànzhǎngProfessor Wang is the dean of our school.
- 我在外语学院学习wǒzàiwàiyǔxuéyuànxuéxíI study at the School of Foreign Languages.
- 这个学院一年的学费是多少？zhègexuéyuànyìniándexuéfèishìduōshaoHow much is a year's tuition at this school?
- 她获得了学院的奖学金tāhuòdélexuéyuàndejiǎngxuéjīnShe won a scholarship from the school.
- 我们学院明年开始招生。wǒmenxuéyuànmíngniánkāishǐzhāoshēngOur institute starts admissions next year.
More words from the lesson “School, professor, scholarship”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “institute” in Chinese?
“Institute” in Chinese is 学院, pinyin xuéyuàn.
What does 学院 mean?
学院 (xuéyuàn) means “institute, school, faculty”.
How do you write 学院?
学院 is 2 characters: 学 (xué) — study, learn; 院 (yuàn) — courtyard, institution. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 学院?
学院 is read xuéyuàn. Tones: xué — second tone, yuàn — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“institute” in the lesson “School, professor, scholarship”
This word is from the topic “University and goals” of HSK 4. 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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