Chinese word

上学

Pronunciation

Pinyinshàng xué

Meaning

  • verbgo to school

Example

小明早上八点去上学。xiǎo míng zǎo shàng bā diǎn qù shàng xué

Xiaoming goes to school at eight o'clock in the morning.

Illustration for 上学 (go to school)

More examples

小明每天坐校车去上学。xiǎo míng měi tiān zuò xiào chē qù shàng xué

Xiaoming goes to school by school bus every day.

Core concept

A pupil crossing from home into the organized world of classroom learning.

Common phrases

  • 去上学qù shàng xué

    go to school

  • 开始上学kāi shǐ shàng xué

    begin attending school

Similar words

放学fàng xué: Leave school after the day's lessons have ended.
上课shàng kè: Begin or attend a lesson in a classroom.

Definition in Chinese

通常指学生前往学校接受课堂教育或处于学校学习的状态，常用于儿童和中小学生的通学场景。tōng cháng zhǐ xué shēng qián wǎng xué xiào jiē shòu kè táng jiào yù huò chǔ yú xué xiào xué xí de zhuàng tài cháng yòng yú ér tóng hé zhōng xiǎo xué shēng de tōng xué cháng jǐng

Word origin

上学 (shàngxué, "go to school") is formed from 上 (shàng, "go up or enter") and 学 (xué, "study"), linking movement toward school with the learning done there.

Usage tips

  • In a morning sentence, a child can be the subject even when the focus is on leaving home, so the verb describes the child's school-going action.

Other meanings

  • attend schoolverb

Opposites

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