學 (hok6 | xue2 xiao2 jiao4) : learn

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學

hok6

xue2 xiao2 jiao4

[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: 子 (#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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開學 hoi1 hok6 kai1 xue2 = to start school

學生 hok6 saang1 xue2 sheng5 = student; pupil

上學 soeng5 hok6 shang4 xue2 = to attend school

大學生 daai6 hok6 saang1 da4 xue2 sheng5 = university student

大學 daai6 hok6 da4 xue2 = university (學6); The Great Learning (學6*2)

化學 faa3 hok6 hua4 xue2 = [1] chemistry; [2] ([粵] slang) flimsy, brittle

數學 sou3 hok6 shu4 xue2 = mathematics

同學 tung4 hok6 tong2 xue2 = classmate, school friend

小學校 siu2 hok6 haau6 xiao3 xue2 xiao4 = small school

學校 hok6 haau6 xue2 xiao4 = school
See all 541 compounds (CantoDict reports 635 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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呢間大學好有名㗎！? 粵
This university is very famous!

我喺學校做嘢粵
I work at school

我唔中意返學。粵
I don't like to go to school.

返學可以識到好多同學仔。粵
Going to school can meet a lot of classmates.

你想學做生意？
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.]

你個仔係唔係喺大學讀緊書? 粵
Is your son studying in university?

先生話聽日唔使返學。粵
The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow.

廣東話好難學粵
Cantonese is very difficult to learn.

學廣東話好好玩。粵
Learning Cantonese is very interesting.

點先可以學好廣東話呢？粵
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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Decimal representation of this word: 學
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