学习
xué xí
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 學習
To study, to learn; as a noun, study or learning. It is a little more formal than 学 and, unlike it, can stand without an object: 他在学习 'he is studying'. It can take one too: 学习汉语 'study Chinese'. A set phrase every pupil hears: 好好学习 'study hard'.
Học, học tập: tiếp thu kiến thức, kỹ năng; cũng dùng làm danh từ (việc học). Hơi trang trọng hơn 学 và, khác với 学, dùng được cả khi không có tân ngữ: 他在学习 (anh ấy đang học). Có tân ngữ cũng được: 学习汉语 (học tiếng Trung). 好好学习 là “chăm chỉ học hành”.
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “học tập” (hoc-tap). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “学习” mean?
To study, to learn; as a noun, study or learning. It is a little more formal than 学 and, unlike it, can stand without an object: 他在学习 'he is studying'. It can take one too: 学习汉语 'study Chinese'. A set phrase every pupil hears: 好好学习 'study hard'. Literally: learn and practise
Is “学习” formal or informal?
学习 is generally neutral.