HSK 3 · Verbs

留学 liúxué “study abroad” in Chinese

Traditional 留學

What 留学 means

  1. study abroad

How to say 留学

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale留liú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising

留学 in a sentence

  1. 我明年想出国留学。

    Wǒ míngnián xiǎng chūguó liúxué.

    I want to study overseas next year.

    Sentence #336179 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我正存钱出国留学。

    Wǒ zhèng cúnqián chūguó liúxué.

    I’m saving up to study abroad.

    Sentence #12717086 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我跟父母讲了留学的事情。

    Wǒ gēn fùmǔ jiǎng le liúxué de shìqing.

    I talked to my parents about studying abroad.

    Sentence #330587 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 留学 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 留 (liú) with each of its parts in a different colour
留liúto leave
  • 卯part of the character
  • 田field · tián
The character 学 (xué) with each of its parts in a different colour
学xuéto learn
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA roof 冖 over a child 子 at study.

How to write 留学

留 10 strokes · 学 8 strokes

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

Words related to 留学

Words with 留

留学生liúxuéshēng · international student留liú · to stay留下liúxia · to leave behind保留bǎoliú · to keep留神liúshén · to be careful残留cánliú · to remain留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento遗留yíliú · to be left over留恋liúliàn · to be reluctant to leave拘留jūliú · to detain

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate学校xuéxiào · school学习xuéxí · to study大学dàxué · university上学shàngxué · to go to school小学xiǎoxué · elementary school中学zhōngxué · middle school大学生dàxuéshēng · university student

More words: Common Verbs

借jiè · lend经过jīngguò · to pass哭kū · cry离开líkāi · leave拿ná · carry in your hand努力nǔlì · to work hard爬山páshān · mountain climbing骑qí · to ride an animal or bike

FAQs

留学 (liúxué) means “study abroad”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it liúxué: liú with a 2nd tone, then xué 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, 留学 is written 留學. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liuxue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 留学 from the suggestions. Typing liuxue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
留学 is an HSK 3 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.