Chinese Notes

学 (學) xué

xué verb to study; to learn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: The sense of 学习 is used in literary Chinese as well as modern Chinese. For example in literary Chinese, 吾十有五而志于學 ‘At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning.’ (Lunyu 2:4, trans. by Legge 1861; Guoyu '學' v 2; Kroll 2015 '學' 1, p. 521)
xué suffix a discipline; a branch of study
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: A nominal suffix meaning 学科 for concepts relating to education and research, such as 化学 'chemistry' (Guoyu '學' n 3; Sun 2006, loc. 712; Unihan '學')
xué verb to imitate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 模仿 (Guoyu '學' v 3; Kroll 2015 '學' 1a, p. 521)
xué noun a school; an academy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 学校 (Guoyu '學' n 1; Kroll 2015 '學' 3, p. 521; Unihan '學')
xué verb to understand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '學' v 1)
xué noun learning; acquired knowledge
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 学问 (Guoyu '學' n 2; Unihan '學')
xué suffix a doctrine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: A nominal suffix meaning 学说 for schools of thinking or philosophy, such as 儒学 Confucianism or 佛学 Buddhism (Guoyu '學' n 3)
xué adjective learned
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '學' 2, p. 521)
xué noun a learner
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: (Ding '學'; Kroll 2015 '學' 4, p. 521)

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汉学家(漢學家) sinologist; scholar of Chinese
学会院士(學會院士) academician; fellow of academy
光学显微镜(光學顯微鏡) optical microscope
地图学家(地圖學家) a cartographer
文学史(文學史) history of literature
医学系(醫學系) medical school
师范大学(師範大學) normal university; teacher-training college
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后(刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
有机化学(有機化學) organic chemistry
科学主义(科學主義) scientism
逃学(逃學) to play truant; to cut classes
金石学(金石學) epigraphy
管理学(管理學) management studies
民族学(民族學) ethnology; anthropology
宗教学家(宗教學家) religious studies scholar
优生学(優生學) eugenics
程朱理学(程朱理學) School of Zhu Xi
学好(學好) to follow good examples
人体解剖学(人體解剖學) human anatomy
自然地理学(自然地理學) physical geography
进学(進學) to advance one's learning; to enter the prefecture school under the imperial examination system
北京航空学院(北京航空學院) Beijing Aeronautical and Astronautical Institute
加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校(加利福尼亞大學洛杉磯分校) UCLA
发育生物学(發育生物學) developmental biology
神经科学家(神經科學家) neuroscientist
诊断学(診斷學) diagnostics
正向心理学(正向心理學) positive psychology
医学专家(醫學專家) medical expert; medical specialist
工程学(工程學) engineering
法兰克福学派(法蘭克福學派) Frankfurt School
理财学(理財學) financial management science
地震学(地震學) seismology
不学而能(不學而能) to be able to do something without study

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Collocations

学射 (學射) 尹公佗學射於庾公差 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
学礼 (學禮) 使事之而學禮焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
不好学 (不好學) 好仁不好學 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 6
学国君 (學國君) 學國君之善言 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 4
学乡长 (學鄉長) 學鄉長之善言 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 4
学天子 (學天子) 學天子之善言 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 4
尝学 (嘗學) 吾嘗學此矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
视学 (視學) 王親視學 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3
学诗 (學詩) 學詩乎 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 16. 《季氏》 Ji Shi — count: 3
凡学 (凡學) 凡學世子及學士 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 3