LessonsHSK 1 · Lesson 11
HSK 1 · Lesson 11 of 15
At school
School life: classes, studying, reading and writing. 22 words and 3 grammar points; tap the characters to hear them.
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📚 Words
- Hán-Việt học hiệu A school: any place of teaching, from primary school to university.
- Hán-Việt học sinh A student — anyone enrolled to study, from primary school to university.
- Hán-Việt lão sư A teacher, man or woman, at any level from nursery school to university.
- Hán-Việt đồng học Someone you go, or went, to school with: a classmate or schoolmate.
- Hán-Việt học To learn, to study (a subject or a skill).
- Hán-Việt học tập To study, to learn; as a noun, study or learning.
- Hán-Việt khoá A lesson: one period of teaching, or one unit of a textbook.
- Hán-Việt thượng khoá To have a lesson, whether you are the one learning or the one teaching.
- Hán-Việt hạ khoá For a class to end, so that students can leave or take a break.
- Hán-Việt thượng học To go to school as a pupil, either on a particular day or as a stage of life.
- Hán-Việt độc To read, especially aloud; also to study at a school.
- Hán-Việt độc thư To study: originally 'to read books', it also means being a student or being in school.
- Hán-Việt tả To write — characters, a letter, a book.
- Hán-Việt tự A single written character; loosely, a word, and also a person's handwriting.
- Hán-Việt hán tự Chinese characters, the script of the Chinese language, or any one character of it.
- Hán-Việt thư A book, a volume of pages to read.
- Hán-Việt tiểu học Primary school, the first stage of a child's schooling.
- Hán-Việt trung học Secondary school: the years between primary school and university.
- Hán-Việt đại học A university; also higher education, the stage after secondary school.
- Hán-Việt tiểu học sinh A child who goes to primary school.
- Hán-Việt trung học sinh A secondary-school student, a teenager between primary school and university.
- Hán-Việt đại học sinh Someone studying at a university or college.
🧩 Grammar
在 + place + verb
Where something happens goes before the verb, with 在: 我在学校学习汉语 "I study Chinese at school" (literally "I at school study Chinese"). English puts the place at the end; Chinese never does.
- I write characters at home.
- He studies at university.
Split verbs
Some verbs are a verb plus its own object: 上课 "go to class" (literally "attend class"), 下课 "finish class", 睡觉 "sleep", 读书 "read books, study". Because the object is built in, anything else goes in the middle: 上汉语课 "have a Chinese class", never 上课汉语.
- Our class starts at eight.
- I have Chinese class this afternoon.
学 and 学习
Both mean "to study, to learn". 学 is the everyday one and goes well with a skill: 学开车 "learn to drive", 学汉语 "learn Chinese". 学习 sounds more serious: 好好学习 "study hard".
- I want to learn to drive.
- You must study hard.
🎯 Practice
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Context clues Match the meaning Listen & type Fill the blank Put in order Hán-Việt bridge
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