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学校 xuéxiào “school” in Chinese

Traditional 學校

What 学校 means

  1. school

Measure word 所 suǒ · 一所学校 yì suǒ xuéxiào

How to say 学校

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale校xiào4th tone, falling

学校 in a sentence

  1. 为什么我应该去学校？

    Wèishénme wǒ yīnggāi qù xuéxiào?

    Why do I have to go to school?

    Sentence #3699939 from Tatoeba

  2. 你的学校离这儿远吗？

    Nǐ de xuéxiào lí zhèr yuǎn ma?

    Is your school far from here?

    Sentence #471158 from Tatoeba

  3. 她非常喜欢她的学校。

    Tā fēicháng xǐhuan tā de xuéxiào.

    She likes her school a lot.

    Sentence #634835 from Tatoeba

How 学校 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 校 (xiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
校xiàoschool; college
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 交to connect · jiāoSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 交 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiào.

How to write 学校

学 8 strokes · 校 10 strokes

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

Words related to 学校

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate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小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student

Words with 校

校长xiàozhǎng · principal of school校园xiàoyuán · campus

More words: Places & Directions

中国Zhōngguó · China北京Běijīng · Beijing家jiā · home饭店fàndiàn · restaurant商店shāngdiàn · shop医院yīyuàn · hospital上shàng · up座位zuòwèi · seat

FAQs

学校 (xuéxiào) means “school”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it xuéxiào: xué with a 2nd tone, then xiào 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, 学校 is written 學校. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 所 (suǒ). For example, one school is 一所学校 (yì suǒ xuéxiào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuexiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 学校 from the suggestions. Typing xuexiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
学校 is an HSK 1 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.