What School Is Like
Learn the Chinese words for school: the teacher, the lesson, the book and more. Every word comes with its characters, the pinyin to help you say it, and the English meaning.
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School in Chinese 🏫
This topic is about **school**. 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**.
Key words 📖
Learn these school words:
Match each Chinese word to its English meaning
- 学校 (xuéxiào)
- 老师 (lǎoshī)
- 学生 (xuéshēng)
- 书 (shū)
- school
- teacher
- student
- book
Which word?
Which Chinese word means 'a teacher'?
- 老师 (lǎoshī)
- 学生 (xuéshēng)
- 书 (shū)
- 教室 (jiàoshì)
How the script works 📝
Two things about written Chinese. First, it is read **left to right**, and each character (Hanzi) stands for a syllable or word. Second, the **pinyin** in brackets shows how to say it, and the marks show the **tone**. So 学校 (xuéxiào) means school and 书 (shū) means book. Learn the character, the pinyin and the tone together.
School words
Select the TWO words connected with school.
- 课 (kè)
- 考试 (kǎoshì)
- 大海 (dàhǎi)
- 妈妈 (māma)
Match each Chinese word to how it is said
- 教室
- 铅笔
- 作业
- 学生
- jiàoshì
- qiānbǐ
- zuòyè
- xuéshēng
How do you say it?
The school 学校 is said _____. The teacher 老师 is said _____. A book 书 is said _____. A lesson 课 is said _____.
Order the school day
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Which word?
Which Chinese word means 'an exam'?
- 考试 (kǎoshì)
- 铅笔 (qiānbǐ)
- 教室 (jiàoshì)
- 学生 (xuéshēng)
Complete the sentence
At school 学校 (said _____), a student 学生 (said _____) studies a lesson 课 (said _____) with a teacher 老师 (said _____).
A school day
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Use what you know
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Well done 🌟
You have met the key Chinese school words: 学校 (xuéxiào, school), 老师 (lǎoshī, teacher), 学生 (xuéshēng, student), 课 (kè, lesson), 书 (shū, book) and 考试 (kǎoshì, exam). Keep practising the characters, the pinyin and the tones together.