HSK 5 · Education

课程 kèchéng “course” in Chinese

Traditional 課程

What 课程 means

  1. course
  2. curriculum
  3. academic programme

Measure word 堂 táng or 节 jié · 一堂课程 yì táng kèchéng

How to say 课程

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale课kè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale程chéng2nd tone, rising

课程 in a sentence

  1. 当我到学校的时候，课程已经结束了。

    Dāng wǒ dào xuéxiào de shíhou, kèchéng yǐjīng jiéshù le.

    By the time I got to school, the class had already finished.

    Sentence #466017 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个课程能帮助你掌握正确发音。

    Zhè ge kèchéng néng bāngzhù nǐ zhǎngwò zhèngquè fāyīn.

    This course will help you master correct pronunciation.

    Sentence #346203 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 课程下周开始。

    Kèchéng xiàzhōu kāishǐ.

    The course starts next week.

    Sentence #2694357 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 课程 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 课 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
课kèsubject
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 果fruit · guǒSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 果 (guǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with kè.

The character 程 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
程chéngrule
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 呈to petition · chéngSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 呈 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

How to write 课程

课 10 strokes · 程 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

课程 (kèchéng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 课程 (kèchéng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 课程

Words with 课

上课shàngkè · to go to class下课xiàkè · to finish class课kè · class课本kèběn · textbook课文kèwén · text (of a lesson)课题kètí · research topic旷课kuàngkè · to skip class

Words with 程

过程guòchéng · course of events日程rìchéng · schedule程序chéngxù · procedures程度chéngdù · degree工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer章程zhāngchéng · regulations启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)里程碑lǐchéngbēi · milestone

More words: Education & Learning

化学huàxué · chemistry讲座jiǎngzuò · lecture教材jiàocái · teaching material经典jīngdiǎn · classic朗读lǎngdú · to read aloud录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)论文lùnwén · paper目录mùlù · catalogue

FAQs

课程 (kèchéng) means “course” or “curriculum”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kèchéng: kè with a 4th tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 课程 is written 課程. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 堂 (táng) or 节 (jié). For example, one course is 一堂课程 (yì táng kèchéng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kecheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 课程 from the suggestions. Typing kecheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
课程 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.