HSK · Level 44
120 words
Chinese word
学时
Pronunciation
Pinyinxué shí
Meaning
- nounclass hours
Example
这门课程一学期有八十个学时。zhè mén kè chéng yì xué qī yǒu bā shí gè xué shí
This course has 80 class hours in one semester.
More examples
学校规定专业课程的总学时不少于三百。xué xiào guī dìng zhuān yè kè chéng de zǒng xué shí bù shǎo yú sān bǎi
The school requires major courses to total at least 300 class hours.
Core concept
A course's teaching-time tally, showing how much instruction it contains.
Common phrases
一个学时yí gè xué shí
one class hour
总学时zǒng xué shí
total class hours
每周学时měi zhōu xué shí
weekly class hours
Similar words
课时kè shí: A unit for counting the teaching time of one class or lesson.
学分xué fēn: A university unit showing the amount of study completed in a course or program.
小时xiǎo shí: A standard unit for measuring time equal to sixty minutes.
Definition in Chinese
指用于计量一门课程或学习活动累计教学时间的单位，用于课程设置和教学统计。zhǐ yòng yú jì liàng yì mén kè chéng huò xué xí huó dòng lěi jì jiào xué shí jiān de dān wèi yòng yú kè chéng shè zhì hé jiào xué tǒng jì
Word origin
学时 (xuéshí, "class hours") combines 学 (xué, "learning") + 时 (shí, "time") to form a modern education term for the teaching time assigned to a course.
Usage tips
- The figure helps compare the planned scale of courses, but it does not by itself show how long each meeting lasts or how much independent work is required.
Related words
- 学时数xué shí shùnumber of class hoursnoun