学 (學) xué

  1. 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)
  2. 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')
  3. 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)
  4. 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')
  5. xué verb to understand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '學' v 1)
  6. xué noun learning; acquired knowledge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 学问 (Guoyu '學' n 2; Unihan '學')
  7. 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)
  8. xué adjective learned
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '學' 2, p. 521)
  9. xué noun a learner
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: (Ding '學'; Kroll 2015 '學' 4, p. 521)

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国立台湾技术大学 、 北京艺术学院 、 英属哥伦比亚大学 、 南京农业大学 、 美学 、 孙文学校 、 东北大学 、 音系学 、 肇庆大学 、 九三学社 、 台湾省立台北第一商业学校 、 国学 、 马尼拉大学 、 应用语言学 、 东京大学 、 中原大学

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