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  hok6   jyutping
  xue2 xiao2 jiao4   pinyin
[1] [v] learn; study; imitate [2] of or having to do with learning; knowledge; school; academic [3] [Hakka] tell; inform (v)

Stroke count: 16
Level: 1
Radical: (#39)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
學 / 学
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:57

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detail  hoi1 hok6  kai1 xue2 = to start school
detail  hok6 saang1  xue2 sheng5 = student; pupil
detail  soeng5 hok6  shang4 xue2 = to attend school
detail  daai6 hok6 saang1  da4 xue2 sheng5 = university student
detail  daai6 hok6  da4 xue2 = university (學6); The Great Learning (學6*2)
detail  faa3 hok6  hua4 xue2 = [1] chemistry; [2] ([粵] slang) flimsy, brittle
detail  sou3 hok6  shu4 xue2 = mathematics
detail  tung4 hok6  tong2 xue2 = classmate, school friend
detail  siu2 hok6 haau6  xiao3 xue2 xiao4 = small school
detail  hok6 haau6  xue2 xiao4 = school
See all 541 compounds (CantoDict reports 635 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 33 examples containing 學
detail audio 大學有名!?
This university is very famous!
detail audio 學校做嘢
I work at school
detail audio 中意返學
I don't like to go to school.
detail audio 返學可以好多同學
Going to school can meet a lot of classmates.
detail 做生意
So you want to be a businessman?
[Lit. you want study do business? More direct translation: You want to study how to do business? This is a good example of a serial verb construction. There are three in a row here (想學做) but more are possible.]
detail audio 係唔係大學讀緊書?
Is your son studying in university?
detail audio 先生聽日唔使返學
The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow.
detail audio 廣東話
Cantonese is very difficult to learn.
detail 廣東話好好
Learning Cantonese is very interesting.
detail 可以學好廣東話
How actually can I learn Cantonese well?
[點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。 先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]
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