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HSK
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
middle school
HSK 1
school / CL:
HSK 1
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学
HSK 2
to go to school / to attend school
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
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  *家* | 家* | *家
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
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  *读* | 读* | *读
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
HSK 1
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
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  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学)
HSK 3
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
school building; academic building
HSK 1
to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
HSK 4
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
HSK 5
class (group of students) / grade (in school)
HSK 3
sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc)
HSK 4
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
HSK 6
research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
the end of a term or semester (in school)
HSK 4
academic degree / place in school
HSK 5
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
HSK 7-9
kindergarten / nursery school
HSK 4
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
graduation / to graduate / to finish school
HSK 4
to run a school
HSK 6
entrance exam for senior middle school
to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
(economics) Austrian School
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:
HSK 7-9
(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
HSK 5
vocational school (abbr. for 職業學校|职业学校)
optional course (in school)
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
public school
a supervised line of schoolchildren walking in procession along public streets, esp. primary school students returning home after school
to progress to (a higher-level school)
college / school (old)
HSK 7-9
to read; to study / to attend school
HSK 7-9
vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员) / (Tw) vocational high school
to unveil the plaque for (a school, shop, stadium etc); to inaugurate; to officially open
evening school / night school
HSK 7-9
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
(political) party school
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  *业* | 业* | *业
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already
HSK 7-9
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  *庠* | 庠* | *庠
(archaic) a school
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake
HSK 7-9
privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally
HSK 7-9
(PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes
(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
HSK 7-9
specialized middle school
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade
the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
school report or transcript
military school / military academy
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
percentage of children who enter school
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school
to go to school
HSK 7-9
secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校)
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家
university and high school students
school calendar
school badge; college insignia; university crest
(school) field day / sports day
group; sect; clique; faction; school
HSK 7-9
(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校
style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions
the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475–221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist
School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明)
(Japanese) high school girl’s uniform
older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)
school age
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学

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