Chinese word

家教

Pronunciation

Pinyinjiā jiào

Meaning

  • nountutor

Example

我给孩子请了家教。wǒ gěi hái zi qǐng le jiā jiào

I hired a tutor for my child.

Illustration for 家教 (tutor)

More examples

许多大学生在假期会做兼职家教赚钱。xǔ duō dà xué shēng zài jià qī huì zuò jiān zhí jiā jiào zhuàn qián

Many college students work as part-time tutors during vacations to earn money.

Core concept

Teaching centered in the home, often through a private teacher who comes to help a student, and sometimes through the family's own education.

Common phrases

  • 兼职家教jiān zhí jiā jiào

    part-time tutor

  • 家教机构jiā jiào jī gòu

    tutoring agency

  • 专业家教zhuān yè jiā jiào

    professional tutor

Similar words

家庭辅导jiā tíng fú dǎo: Learning support and extra study carried out within the family or home.
一对一辅导yí duì yì fú dǎo: Individual instruction given to one student at a time.
补习bǔ xí: Extra lessons that help a student catch up in subjects they do not understand well.

Definition in Chinese

通常指受雇到家为学生提供学业辅导的有偿教师，也可在口语中简略指家庭教育或家中从事教育的人，需看上下文判断。tōng cháng zhǐ shòu gù dào jiā wèi xué shēng tí gōng xué yè fú dǎo de yǒu cháng jiào shī yě kě zài kóu yǔ zhōng jiǎn lüè zhǐ jiā tíng jiào yù huò jiā zhōng cóng shì jiào yù de rén xū kàn shàng xià wén pàn duàn

Word origin

The compound 家 (jiā, "home") + 教 (jiào, "teaching") connects instruction with the home and extends to both a tutor working there and education provided within the family.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, the topic usually shows whether the word refers to a hired person or to a family's way of educating children, so hiring topics and parenting topics give it different readings.

Other meanings

  • family educationnoun

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