School Activities

School activities in Chinese 🏫

This topic is about the **activities** you do at school - lessons, sport, music, clubs, trips and homework. Every word comes with its **Chinese characters** (Hanzi), the **pinyin** in brackets to help you say it, and the **English** meaning. Chinese is read **left to right**, and the marks on the pinyin show the **tone**.

Words for school activities 🗂️

Here are six to learn first. Each shows the characters, how to say it, and what it means.

What does it mean? 🔤

What does 体育 (tǐyù) mean?

• PE or sport
• Music
• Homework
• A library

Match each word to its English meaning 🔗

How Chinese works ➡️

Two things to remember about the script. First, Chinese is read **left to right**, and each **character** stands for one **syllable** - 学校 (xuéxiào) is two characters, two syllables. Second, **tones change the meaning**. The same sound with different tones - mā, má, mǎ, mà - means mother, hemp, horse, scold. That is why the marks on the pinyin matter so much.

Which are activities? ✅

Select the THREE words that are school ACTIVITIES, not objects.

• 体育 (tǐyù)
• 音乐 (yīnyuè)
• 旅行 (lǚxíng)
• 书 (shū)
• 笔 (bǐ)

More activity words 📚

Four more, including the places where activities happen.

Match the characters to the pinyin 🔡

Where are you? 📍

You go to the 图书馆 (túshūguǎn). What is it?

• The library
• The sports hall
• The music room
• The exam hall

How do you say it? ✏️

A lesson 课 is said _____. Homework 作业 is said _____. PE 体育 is said _____. A trip 旅行 is said _____.

Putting it together 🧩

Now you can talk about a whole school day. At **school** (学校) you sit in a **lesson** (课), you might do **PE** (体育) or **music** (音乐), and there may be an **exam** (考试). After lessons come **clubs** (俱乐部) and school **trips** (旅行), and at home there is always the **homework** (作业).

Order the school day 🪜

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Pick the word 🧭

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Read the script 📖

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