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入学 (rù xué) — to enroll (in a school or college); to start school (for the first time)

Definition

入学 emphasizes the formal act of enrolling or being admitted to a school. Use 报名 for signing up to register, and 上学 for the daily routine of attending.

verb
to enroll (in a school or college)to start school (for the first time)

Examples

  • ，入学。
    Wǒ dì di jīn nián liù suì, jiǔ yuè rù xué.
    My younger brother is six years old and will start school in September.
  • 入学，。
    rù xué Hòu, tā rèn shi le hěn duō xīn tóng xué.
    After enrolling, he got to know many new classmates.
  • 入学。
    Tā yǐ jīng bàn lǐ le rù xué shǒu xù.
    He has already completed the enrollment procedures.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

入rùenter
学xuéschool

入 means 'enter' and 学 means 'school'; together they mean to enter a school.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 4School & Education

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