School & Classroom in Chinese 学校和课堂

Whether you are studying Chinese in class or describing your school days, these are the words the classroom is made of: people (student, teacher), things (pencil, blackboard, schoolbag), and the activities in between — homework, exams, questions and answers. The last few entries are words you will need to talk about studying Chinese itself.

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• 学校xué xiào
  school
  我不喜欢学校。

  I don't like school.
• 学生xué sheng
  student; pupil
  她假装是学生。

  She pretended to be a student.
• 老师lǎo shī
  teacher
  应该尊敬老师。

  One should respect his teachers.
• 教室jiào shì
  classroom
  教室里没有人。

  There is no one in the classroom.
• 课kè
  class; lesson
  法语课怎么样？

  How was the French class?
• 上课shàng kè
  to attend class; in class
  学校九点上课。

  School begins at nine.
• 课本kè běn
  textbook
  这本课本很好。

  This is a good textbook.
• 书shū
  book
  他们正在焚书。

  They're carrying out a book burning.
• 书包shū bāo
  schoolbag; backpack
  学生去学校，肩上背着书包。

  He is going to school, carrying a schoolbag on his back.
• 铅笔qiān bǐ
  pencil
  汤姆拿起铅笔。

  Tom picked up a pencil.
• 钢笔gāng bǐ
  pen (fountain pen)
  我有十只钢笔

  I have ten pens.
• 橡皮xiàng pí
  eraser; rubber
  橡皮不硬：它在压力下会变形。

  Rubber is not hard: it gives way to pressure.
• 尺子chǐ zi
  ruler
  请把尺子借我用一下。

  Please lend me your ruler for a moment.
• 黑板hēi bǎn
  blackboard
  我为老师擦黑板。

  I erased the blackboard for the teacher.
• 桌子zhuō zi
  table; desk
  房间没有桌子.

  There are no tables in the room.
• 椅子yǐ zi
  chair
  椅子是木质的。

  The chair is made of wood.
• 电脑diàn nǎo
  computer
  我正在用电脑。

  I'm using the computer.
• 讲台jiǎng tái
  podium; teacher's desk
  老师大步走上讲台。

  The teacher walked briskly up to the podium.
• 白板bái bǎn
  whiteboard
  会议室的墙上有一块白板。

  There is a whiteboard on the meeting-room wall.
• 胶水jiāo shuǐ
  glue
  用胶水把这两张纸粘起来。

  Glue these two sheets of paper together.
• 笔记本bǐ jì běn
  notebook (paper); laptop
  汤姆买了新笔记本。

  Tom bought a new notebook.
• 投影仪tóu yǐng yí
  projector
  教室里新装了一台投影仪。

  A projector was newly installed in the classroom.
• 屏幕píng mù
  screen (of a device)
  大字标题在屏幕上闪现了一下。

  The headlines flashed on the screen.
• 地图dì tú
  map
  墙上有张地图。

  There is a map on the wall.
• 时钟shí zhōng
  clock
  我的房间里没有时钟。

  There are no clocks in my room.
• 垃圾桶lā jī tǒng
  trash can; garbage bin
  请把垃圾扔进垃圾桶。

  Please throw the trash into the garbage bin.
• 作业zuò yè
  homework; assignment
  请你补交作业。

  Please submit the homework.
• 练习册liàn xí cè
  workbook
  这本练习册上的题很难。

  The exercises in this workbook are hard.
• 考试kǎo shì
  exam; to take an exam
  你不需要考试。

  You don't have to take an examination.
• 问题wèn tí
  question; problem
  没有任何问题!

  No problem at all!
• 回答huí dá
  to answer; answer
  你回答了什么？

  What did you answer?
• 汉字hàn zì
  Chinese characters
  我正在读汉字。

  I am pronouncing Chinese words.
• 词cí
  word; term
  这个词翻不好。

  This word does not translate well.
• 句子jù zi
  sentence
  这是一个句子。

  This is a sentence.
• 语法yǔ fǎ
  grammar
  语法非常复杂。

  Grammar is very complicated.
• 声调shēng diào
  tone
  她声调突然变了。

  There was a sudden change in her tone.
• 拼音pīn yīn
  pinyin (romanized spelling)
  学汉字要先学好拼音。

  To learn characters, you must first learn pinyin well.
• 学期xué qī
  school term; semester
  第一学期四月份开始。

  The first term starts in April.
• 假期jià qī
  vacation; holiday
  现在假期结束了。

  The vacation is over now.
• 暑假shǔ jià
  summer vacation
  你什么时候放暑假？

  When are you going on summer vacation?
• 寒假hán jià
  winter vacation
  你的寒假怎么过的？

  How did you spend your winter vacation?
• 春假chūn jià
  spring break
  你春假放多久？

  How long is your spring vacation?
• 病假bìng jià
  sick leave
  他请了三天病假在家休息。

  He took three days of sick leave to rest at home.
• 幼儿园yòu ér yuán
  kindergarten
  孩子们在幼儿园受到很好的照看。

  The children are well looked after in the kindergarten.
• 托儿所tuō ér suǒ
  daycare; nursery
  她的孩子还在上托儿所。

  Her child is still in daycare.
• 小学xiǎo xué
  elementary school; primary school
  我儿子上小学三年级.

  My son's in the third grade.
• 中学zhōng xué
  middle school; secondary school
  他在一所中学工作。

  He works in a secondary school.
• 大学dà xué
  university; college
  大学四月开学。

  University starts in April.
• 研究生院yán jiū shēng yuàn
  graduate school
  我哥哥在研究生院学习。

  My older brother studies at graduate school.
• 夜校yè xiào
  evening school; night school
  她在夜校上自卫术课程。

  She took night classes in the art of self-defense.
• 图书馆tú shū guǎn
  library
  明天图书馆见。

  See you tomorrow at the library.
• 操场cāo chǎng
  playground; sports field
  下课后同学们都在操场上玩。

  After class the students all play on the sports field.