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停学 (tíng xué) — to be suspended from school (by the school); to drop out of school or take a leave from school (voluntarily)

Definition

停学 means 'to be suspended from school' — used both for a disciplinary suspension by the school and for voluntarily dropping out or taking leave (often due to financial or personal reasons).

verb
to be suspended from school (by the school)to drop out of school or take a leave from school (voluntarily)

Examples

  • 。
    Tā yīn wèi dǎ jià bèi xué xiào tíng le xué.
    He was suspended from school for fighting.
  • 停学。
    Hěn duō shān qū de hái zi yīn wèi jiā lǐ qióng bù dé bù tíng xué.
    Many children in mountainous areas have to drop out of school because their families are poor.
  • 停学，。
    Tā jué dìng tíng xué yì nián, xiān chū qù gōng zuò zǎn qián.
    He decided to take a year off from school and go work to save money first.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

停tíngstop
学xuéschooling

停 (stop) + 学 (schooling) gives suspension or leaving school.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
亭
亭tíng停tíng
Same sound today

The left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 亭 gives the sound tíng; this forms 停.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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School & Education

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