Chinese vocabulary · 45 words
School Words in Chinese
The school words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 学校xuéxiàoschool
- 小学xiǎoxuéelementary school
- 中学zhōngxuémiddle school
- 高中gāozhōnghigh school
- 大学dàxuéuniversity
- 教室jiàoshìclassroom
- 图书馆túshūguǎnlibrary
- 老师lǎoshīteacher
- 校长xiàozhǎngprincipal
- 学生xuéshēngstudent
- 同学tóngxuéclassmate
- 课kèclass
- 上课shàngkèto attend class
- 下课xiàkèto finish class
- 作业zuòyèhomework
- 考试kǎoshìexam
- 成绩chéngjìgrades
- 年级niánjígrade
- 学期xuéqīsemester
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
- 寒假hánjiàwinter vacation
- 暑假shǔjiàsummer vacation
- 毕业bìyèto graduate
- 书shūbook
- 课本kèběntextbook
- 词典cídiǎndictionary
- 本子běnzinotebook
- 笔bǐpen
- 铅笔qiānbǐpencil
- 钢笔gāngbǐfountain pen
- 尺子chǐziruler (for measuring)
- 橡皮xiàngpíeraser
- 书包shūbāoschoolbag
- 黑板hēibǎnblackboard
- 中文zhōngwénChinese (language)
- 外语wàiyǔforeign language
- 数学shùxuémathematics
- 语文yǔwénChinese (as a school subject)
- 历史lìshǐhistory
- 地理dìlǐgeography
- 物理wùlǐphysics
- 化学huàxuéchemistry
- 生物shēngwùbiology (short for 生物学)
- 音乐yīnyuèmusic
- 美术měishùfine arts
How do you say school in Chinese?
学校 (xuéxiào). The most common school words are 小学 (xiǎoxué, elementary school), 中学 (zhōngxué, middle school), 高中 (gāozhōng, high school).
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