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title: "Banxue Meaning: 办学 (bànxué) Means “to run a school”"
description: "办学 (traditional 辦學, bànxué) means “to run a school”. Hear its tones, see what 办 and 学 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banxue"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# What does 办学 mean?

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办学 bànxué

## to run a school

## Its characters

1. 办 bàn to run
2. 学 xué school (as in 小学)

## In a sentence

这所学校办学已经五十年了。 This school has been running for fifty years.

[More about 办学](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8A%9E%E5%AD%A6)

## More words with 办 or 学

- [办法 bànfǎ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banfa)
- [办公 bàngōng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bangong)
- [办公室 bàngōngshì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bangongshi)
- [办理 bànlǐ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banli)
- [办事 bànshì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banshi)
- [办事处 bànshìchù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banshichu)
- [承办 chéngbàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chengban)
- [创办 chuàngbàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuangban)
- [大学 dàxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxue)
- [大学生 dàxuéshēng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxuesheng)

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