school in Chinese

How to write 学校

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学校 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

学校 in a sentence

• 学xué校xiào离lí家jiā很hěn近jìn。

  The school is close to home.

• 我wǒ在zài学xué校xiào学xué习xí中zhōng文wén。

  I study Chinese at school.

• 这zhè所suǒ学xué校xiào很hěn大dà。

  This school is very big.

• 孩hái子zi们men在zài学xué校xiào上shàng课kè。

  The children have class at school.

学校 vs 学院 vs 大学

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 学院 xué yuàn college; academy

  An institute or college — 美术学院 'art academy'. 学校 is the generic 'school'.

• 大学 dà xué university

  Higher education only — 上大学 'attend university'. 学校 covers kindergarten up.