A new school year is underway in China, and students all across the country are busy with classes and homework. We’ve already learned a lot of useful Chinese school vocabulary in the last post. Now it’s time to learn about school subjects in Chinese.

Vocabulary List

Ready to learn!

Here’s a list of school subjects (学校科目 – xué xiào kē mù) in Chinese for you to study:

You can practice saying some of these words by following this video:

Useful Phrases

Now that you’ve got your schedule in Chinese, how do you talk about the various school subjects? Here are some useful phrases for you to memorize:

我学…
wǒ xué…
I study…

我有… 课
wǒ yǒu… kè
I have… class.

我喜欢… 课
wǒ xǐ huān… kè
I like… class.

我不喜欢… 课
wǒ bù xǐ huān… kè
I don’t like… class.

Now take what you’ve learned and try to put together some sentences. See if you can translate these into Chinese:

I study History.

I have Mathematics class.

I like PE class.

I don’t like Biology class.

If you’re a student, see if you can talk/write about your classes this semester. Feel free to leave a comment below and let us know what you’re studying and what classes you like!