艺校 (yì jiào) — art school (abbreviation for 艺术学校)

Definition

艺校 is the common spoken abbreviation of 艺术学校 (yìshù xuéxiào) for an 'art school' — a school focused on performing or fine arts (dance, painting, music), not general education.

noun
art school (abbreviation for 艺术学校)
Measure word · 所
Easily confused

Examples

  • 艺校。
    Tā cóng xiǎo zài yì jiào xué xí wǔ dǎo.
    She has been studying dance at an art school since she was young.
  • 艺校。
    Zhè suǒ yì jiào de bì yè shēng hěn duō dōu chéng le huà jiā.
    Many graduates of this art school have become painters.
  • 艺校。
    Tā kǎo shàng le yì suǒ zhù míng de yì jiào.
    He was admitted to a famous art school.

Origin

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.

艺yìart
校xiàoschool

艺 refers to art and 校 to school, together naming an art 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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
乙
乙yǐ艺yì
Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
交
交jiāo校jiào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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