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title: "Xuefei Meaning: 学费 (xuéfèi) Means “tuition”"
description: "学费 (traditional 學費, xuéfèi) means “tuition; school fees”. Hear its tones, see what 学 and 费 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/xuefei"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 学费 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

学费 xuéfèi

## tuition; school fees

## It can also mean

- (fig.) price paid for a lesson

## Its characters

1. 学 xué school (as in 小学)
2. 费 fèi fee

## In a sentence

这所大学的学费很贵。 The tuition at this university is very expensive.

《论语》里说，不管是谁，只要带一点肉干来当**学费**，就可以做他的学生。

From [孔子是谁？ · Who was Confucius?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/who-was-confucius#library-word-482-484)

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## More words with 学 or 费

- [办学 bànxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banxue)
- [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)
- [费用 fèiyong](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/feiyong)
- [花费 huāfèi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huafei)
- [化学 huàxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huaxue)
- [奖学金 jiǎngxuéjīn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiangxuejin)
- [教学 jiàoxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiaoxue)

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