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"old school" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine syn
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school / to attend school syn
小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school / primary school syn
入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
开学 開學 kāi xué (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student
夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school
校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
学堂 學堂 xué táng college / school (old) syn
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
体校 體校 tǐ xiào sports school / physical education school (abbr. for 體育學校|体育学校[ti3yu4 xue2xiao4])
卫校 衛校 wèi xiào medical school / nursing school
中专 中專 zhōng zhuān vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校
初级中学 初級中學 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school syn
工读生 工讀生 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student
学风 學風 xué fēng style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
高职院校 高職院校 gāo zhí yuàn xiào professional school / higher vocational school
干校 幹校 gàn xiào school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]
心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
读 讀 dú to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn
学校 學校 xué xiào school / CL:所[suo3] syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
毕业 畢業 bì yè graduation / to graduate / to finish school syn
姐妹 jiě mèi sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) syn
年级 年級 nián jí grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL:個|个[ge4]
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn
同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] syn
作业 作業 zuò yè school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL:個|个[ge4] / to operate syn
学院 學院 xué yuàn college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:所[suo3] syn
制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4]
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book / to study / to attend school syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn
放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day syn
年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn
中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn
学位 學位 xué wèi academic degree / place in school
医学院 醫學院 yī xué yuàn medical school syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
法学院 法學院 fǎ xué yuàn law school
幼儿园 幼兒園 yòu ér yuán kindergarten / nursery school syn
教书 教書 jiāo shū to teach (in a school) syn
高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student
退学 退學 tuì xué to quit school
公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital) syn
班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school)
初中 chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1ji2 zhong1xue2]) syn
念书 念書 niàn shū to read / to study / to attend school syn
私立 sī lì privately-run / private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally syn
研究所 yán jiū suǒ research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL:個|个[ge4]
军校 軍校 jūn xiào military school / military academy
成绩单 成績單 chéng jì dān school report or transcript
姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn
校服 xiào fú school uniform
辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies
转学 轉學 zhuǎn xué (of a student) to change schools / to transfer from one school to another
就读 就讀 jiù dú to go to school
孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc)
巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn
分校 fēn xiào branch of a school
积分 積分 jī fēn integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme
小学生 小學生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student / schoolchild / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / (fig.) beginner
出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn
派别 派別 pài bié group / sect / clique / faction / school syn
专科 專科 zhuān kē specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
补习 補習 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies
留级 留級 liú jí to repeat a year in school
倡导 倡導 chàng dǎo to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) syn
补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes syn
少林 shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
校规 校規 xiào guī school rules and regulations
纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn
名校 míng xiào famous school
流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
校舍 xiào shè school building
停课 停課 tíng kè to stop classes / to close (of school)
课余 課餘 kè yú after school / extracurricular syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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