课 (kè) — class; lesson; subject; course
Definition
课 (kè) is the everyday word for a 'class' or 'lesson' — the school subject or a single session of it. For the group of students, use 班级; for an academic program as a whole, use 课程.
noun
classlessonsubjectcourse
Measure word · 门, 堂, 节
Easily confused
- 棵kēlook-alike(classifier) for trees, cabbages, plants, and other growing vegetation
- 克kèsound-alike(classifier) gram (unit of weight)
- 裸luǒlook-alike(verb) to be naked; to be bare
- 刻kèsound-alike(classifier) quarter (of an hour); a short moment
- 颗kēlook-alike(classifier) for small roundish objects such as pearls, grains, teeth, hearts, stars, satellites
- 裹guǒlook-aliketo wrap (up); to bundle
Examples
- 课。Wǒ xǐ huan zhè ge kè.I like this class.
- 课？Nǐ xǐ huan shén me kè?What subject do you like?
- 课。Zhè ge kè hěn hǎo.This class is good.
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