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title: "Kaixue Meaning: 开学 (kāixué) Means “school starts”"
description: "开学 (traditional 開學, kāixué) means “school starts; start of term”. Hear its tones, see what 开 and 学 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaixue"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 开学 mean?

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开学 kāixué

## school starts; start of term

## Its characters

1. 开 kāi to start
2. 学 xué school (as in 小学)

## In a sentence

我们九月一号开学。 Our school starts on September 1st.

[More about 开学](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BC%80%E5%AD%A6)

## More words with 开 or 学

- [办学 bànxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banxue)
- [打开 dǎkāi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dakai)
- [大学 dàxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxue)
- [大学生 dàxuéshēng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxuesheng)
- [发疯文学 fāfēng-wénxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fafengwenxue)
- [放学 fàngxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fangxue)
- [分开 fēnkāi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fenkai)
- [公开 gōngkāi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongkai)
- [化学 huàxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huaxue)
- [奖学金 jiǎngxuéjīn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiangxuejin)

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