HSK 5 · Science
学术 xuéshù “academic” in Chinese
Traditional 學術
What 学术 means
- academic
- scholarship
- academic research
- learning
- science
Measure word 个 gè · 一个学术 yí ge xuéshù
How to say 学术
学xué2nd tone, rising
术shù4th tone, falling
学术 in a sentence
How 学术 is built
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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.

术shùmethod
- 木tree · mù
- 丶dot · zhǔ
How to write 学术
学 8 strokes · 术 5 strokes
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Words related to 学术
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 术
艺术yìshù · art技术jìshù · technology手术shǒushù · (surgical) operation武术wǔshù · martial arts美术měishù · art魔术móshù · magic战术zhànshù · tactics
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FAQs
学术 (xuéshù) means “academic” or “scholarship”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xuéshù: xué with a 2nd tone, then shù with a 4th 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, 学术 is written 學術. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one academic is 一个学术 (yí ge xuéshù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xueshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 学术 from the suggestions. Typing xueshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
学术 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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.