学习班 (xué xí bān) — study class, training class

Definition

noun

study classtraining class

Measure word · 个

学习班。
Tā bào le yí gè yīng yǔ xué xí bān.
She signed up for an English study class.
学习班，。
Zài zhè ge xué xí bān lǐ, dà jiā hù xiāng bāng zhù.
In this study class, everyone helps each other.
学习班，。
xué xí bān Jié shù hòu, tā gǎn jué shōu huò hěn dà.
After the study class ended, he felt he had gained a lot.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

学习study

联合Coordinate

学习 gives the studying idea, and 班 gives the class idea.

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.

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.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 習; 习 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 習 pairs 羽 (wings) with 日 (sun), showing a bird learning to fly; the simplified 习 is a later shorthand.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

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