學 (hok6 | xue2) : learn; learning; school

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學

hok6

xue2

[1] [v] learn; study; imitate
[2] [n] school; college; academy
[3] [n] learning; knowledge; erudition
[4] [n] subject; discipline; branch of learning
[5] [粵] [v] relate; report s speech
[6] [粵] [prep] like; similar to | [synonym] 似

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 1

Radical: 子 (#39)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

學 / 学

This word has been viewed 30083 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th May 2012 16:09

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科學育兒 fo1 hok6 juk6 ji4 ke1 xue2 yu4 er2 = The science of parenting

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)

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

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
See all 561 compounds (CantoDict reports 659 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.

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.

返學可以識到好多同學仔。粵
Going to school can get to know a lot of classmates.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131529,131533#msg-131533]

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]

今年學費貴過舊年粵
This year's tuition fees are more than last year's.
[Lit. This year study fee expensive-surpass last year.]

天文學上叫佢做月球粵
In astronomy, it's called "月球" (i.e. the moon).
[上 here means "in the field of".]

你要改你嘅學生嘅功課粵
You need to mark your students' homework.
[Lit. You need change [in the sense of correct] your student homework.]

有個叫平仔嘅學生起身粵
A student called Ping stood up.
[Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]

佢成日掛住去蒲，唔想返學。粵
He'd rather go out partying than go to school.
[Lit. He always miss hang out, not want return school. Less idiomatically: He misses hanging out, he doesn't want to go to school. See http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134171,page=1]

就算喺日常生活中﹐都需要一啲科學常識。粵
We need some scientific knowledge even in dealing with our daily life.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,118014]

個個學生都擔心自己嘅成績。粵
Every student is worried about his grades.
[Reduplicated classifiers (like 個個 here) can be used as a subject, but not as an object. We cannot say, for instance, 通知個個 for "to tell everyone". ]

雖然我沒上大學，但是我認為我也有資格的。國
Although I have not attended college, I believe that I am also qualified.

我的朋友在一個中學打工。國
My friend has a part-time job at a high school.

挾住本書返學粵
He went to school with a book held under his arm.

請番嚟嘅所謂專家, 其實係個學生粵
The so-called expert they invited has turned out to be a student.

所謂專家原來係個學生粵
The so-called expert turned out to be a student.

波斯語好易學！國
Farsi is very easy to learn!

還帶著睡眼惺忪的小學生在路旁等校車。國
The sleepy-eyed students are waiting for the school bus by the road.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

呢啲手板眼見功夫你好快就會學識粵
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.

當你蹣跚學步時，爸爸離開咗我哋粵
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.

人哋啱啱學廣東話，發音唔準，你就唔好嘥人啦。粵
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

唔好以為佢地只係學生粵 ?!
Don't think they're just students!

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]

科學家係用科學方法做研究嘅人粵
A scientist is someone who does research using scientific methods.

你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty.
[Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]

學校咁大﹐唔知去邊度搵佢至啱。粵
The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him.
[唔知 ("don't know") and 至啱 ("most correct") function as a split phrase. The slot between them can be filled by any verb phrase of interrogative nature. ]

嗰個學生唔見咗部手機，手機重係新嘅添。粵
That student has lost his mobile phone, and a new one at that.
[重係...添 = at that]

“自學”，顧名思義，就是不在學校學，也沒有老師指點，全靠自己學習。
As the name implies, "Self-study" does not involve going to school where teachers are there to teach and guide; one learns on his own.

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