Chinese word

旷课

Pronunciation

Pinyinkuàng kè

Meaning

  • verbskip class

Example

他今天早上旷课了。tā jīn tiān zǎo shàng kuàng kè le

He skipped class this morning.

Illustration for 旷课 (skip class)

More examples

老师发现学生旷课后，会通知家长并安排补课。lǎo shī fā xiàn xué shēng kuàng kè hòu huì tōng zhī jiā zhǎng bìng ān pái bǔ kè

After discovering that a student skipped class, the teacher notifies the parents and arranges a make-up class.

Core concept

A student deliberately leaves a scheduled lesson unattended, creating a gap in the expected class time.

Common phrases

  • 旷课现象kuàng kè xiàn xiàng

    truancy phenomenon

  • 旷课原因kuàng kè yuán yīn

    reason for class skipping

  • 减少旷课jián shǎo kuàng kè

    cut down on class skipping

Similar words

逃课táo kè: Sneak away from a class or avoid attending it.
缺课quē kè: Be absent from a class.
逃学táo xué: Stay away from school without permission.

Definition in Chinese

故意不参加课堂或私自离开上课现场。gù yì bù cān jiā kè táng huò sī zì lí kāi shàng kè xiàn chǎng

Word origin

旷课 (kuàngkè, "skip class") combines 旷 (kuàng, "leave empty or neglect") with 课 (kè, "class"), presenting a class as something left unattended.

Usage tips

  • In school records, this verb usually signals an intentional absence, so it is stronger than a neutral statement that a student was not present.

Other meanings

  • be absent from classverb
  • miss classverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 旷课记录kuàng kè jì lùrecord of class skippingnoun

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