HSK 4 · Education

学期 xuéqī “term” in Chinese

Traditional 學期

What 学期 means

  1. term
  2. semester

Measure word 个 gè · 一个学期 yí ge xuéqī

How to say 学期

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale期qī1st tone, high and level

学期 in a sentence

  1. 他是上个学期来的吗？

    Tā shì shàng ge xuéqī lái de ma?

    Did he arrive last term?

    Sentence #2737447 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个学期我们有两次考试。

    Zhè ge xuéqī wǒmen yǒu liǎng cì kǎoshì.

    We have two exams this term.

    Sentence #1416248 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 新的学期开始了。

    Xīn de xuéqī kāishǐ le.

    The new term has started.

    Sentence #6316769 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 学期 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 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.

The character 期 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
期qīperiod
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 月moon · yuèMeaning part

月 hints at the meaning (moon); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

How to write 学期

学 8 strokes · 期 12 strokes

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

Words related to 学期

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

Words with 期

星期xīngqī · week星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday假期jiàqī · holiday期间qījiān · period of time日期rìqī · date时期shíqī · period过期guòqī · to be overdue期待qīdài · to look forward to定期dìngqī · regular

More words: School, Work & Culture

教育jiàoyù · to educate普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin硕士shuòshì · master’s degree小说xiǎoshuō · novel研究yánjiū · to research语法yǔfǎ · grammar语言yǔyán · language专业zhuānyè · major (at university)

FAQs

学期 (xuéqī) means “term” or “semester”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xuéqī: xué with a 2nd tone, then qī with a 1st 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, 学期 is written 學期. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one term is 一个学期 (yí ge xuéqī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xueqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 学期 from the suggestions. Typing xueqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
学期 is an HSK 4 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.