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 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 正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine 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 校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen 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 学风 學風 xué fēng style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions 工业学校 工業學校 gōng yè xué xiào technical or industrial school / CL:個|个[ge4],所[suo3] 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]) 读 讀 dú to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce syn 显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought 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 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] 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] 读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book / to study / to attend school 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 技能 jì néng technical ability / skill syn 医学院 醫學院 yī xué yuàn medical school 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 词语 詞語 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression 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 技师 技師 jì shī senior technician / technical expert 成绩单 成績單 chéng jì dān school report or transcript 说明书 說明書 shuō míng shū (technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:本[ben3] syn 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 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 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 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 专科 專科 zhuān kē specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school 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 独树一帜 獨樹一幟 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own syn 保送 bǎo sòng to recommend (for admission to school) syn 选修 選修 xuǎn xiū (at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject) 教学楼 教學樓 jiào xué lóu school building / academic building 学派 學派 xué pài school of thought 技术性 技術性 jì shù xìng technical / technological 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 开课 開課 kāi kè school begins / give a course / teach a subject syn 班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism 校刊 xiào kān school magazine 结业 結業 jié yè to finish school, esp. a short course / to complete a course / (of a company) to cease operations syn 课桌 課桌 kè zhuō school desk 留校 liú xiào to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation / to remain at school during vacation 升学 升學 shēng xué to enter the next grade school 