{"id":14832,"date":"2019-08-21T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14832"},"modified":"2019-08-20T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T19:12:22","slug":"going-back-to-school-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/going-back-to-school-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Back to School in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer holiday is almost finished<\/strong>! (\u6691\u5047\u5feb\u8981\u7ed3\u675f\u4e86- sh\u01d4 ji\u00e0 ku\u00e0i y\u00e0o ji\u00e9 sh\u00f9 le). Can you believe it? I know I can’t. It seems like just yesterday I was writing my post on talking about summer in Chinese<\/a> with vocabulary words like water park<\/strong> (\u6c34\u4e0a\u4e50\u56ed \u2013 shu\u01d0 sh\u00e0ng l\u00e8 yu\u00e1n) and beach<\/strong> (\u6d77\u6ee9 \u2013 h\u01cei t\u0101n). Time flies, because next week students will bust out their track suits, red scarves, and \u201cSafety<\/strong>\u201d (\u5b89\u5168 \u2013 \u0100n qu\u00e1n) hats. That\u2019s right, it\u2019s time to talk about going back to school<\/strong> (\u5f00\u8bfe \u2013 k\u0101i k\u00e8) in China!<\/p>\n

Chinese School Vocabulary<\/h2>\n
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In the classroom teaching at a Chinese kindergarten!<\/p><\/div>\n

First up, let’s learn some useful Chinese school vocabulary. I went ahead and made a nice little table that you can just copy and paste to study:<\/p>\n

\u5b66\u6821
\n\u5e7c\u513f\u56ed
\n\u5c0f\u5b66
\n\u4e2d\u5b66
\n\u9ad8\u4e2d\u5b66
\n\u5927\u5b66
\n\u5b66\u751f
\n\u8001\u5e08
\n\u6307\u5bfc\u5458
\n\u6821\u957f
\n\u8bfe
\n\u6559\u5ba4
\n\u5b66\u4e60
\n\u6559
\n\u56fe\u4e66\u9986
\n\u4e66\u684c
\n\u9ed1\u677f
\n\u7b14\u8bb0\u672c
\n\u6559\u79d1\u4e66
\n\u6587\u4ef6\u5939
\n\u65e5\u8bb0
\n\u5b57\u5178
\n\u7b14
\n\u94c5\u7b14
\n\u7eb8
\n\u6a61\u76ae\u64e6
\n\u80f6\u6c34
\n\u5c3a
\n\u8ba2\u4e66\u673a
\n\u80cc\u5305
\n\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a
\n\u526a\u5200
\n\u4f5c\u4e1a
\n\u8003\u8bd5<\/div>
xu\u00e9 xi\u00e0o
\ny\u00f2u’\u00e9r yu\u00e1n
\nxi\u01ceo xu\u00e9
\nzh\u014dng xu\u00e9
\ng\u0101o zh\u014dng xu\u00e9
\nd\u00e0 xu\u00e9
\nxu\u00e9 sh\u0113ng
\nl\u01ceo sh\u012b
\nzh\u01d0 d\u01ceo yu\u00e1n
\nxi\u00e0o zh\u01ceng
\nk\u00e8
\nji\u00e0o sh\u00ec
\nxu\u00e9 x\u00ed
\nji\u00e0o
\nt\u00fa sh\u016b gu\u01cen
\nsh\u016b zhu\u014d
\nh\u0113i b\u01cen
\nb\u01d0 j\u00ec b\u011bn
\nji\u00e0o k\u0113 sh\u016b
\nw\u00e9n ji\u00e0n ji\u0101
\nr\u00ec j\u00ec
\nz\u00ec di\u01cen
\nb\u01d0
\nqi\u0101n b\u01d0
\nzh\u01d0
\nxi\u00e0ng p\u00ed c\u0101
\nji\u0101o shu\u01d0
\nch\u01d0
\nd\u00ecng sh\u016b j\u012b
\nb\u00e8i b\u0101o
\nj\u00ec su\u00e0n j\u012b
\nji\u01cen d\u0101o
\nzu\u00f2 y\u00e8
\nk\u01ceo sh\u00ec<\/div>
school
\nkindergarten
\nprimary school
\nmiddle school
\nhigh school
\nuniversity
\nstudent
\nteacher
\nguidance counselor
\nprincipal
\nclass
\nclassroom
\nstudy
\nteach
\nlibrary
\ndesk
\nblackboard
\nnotebook
\ntextbook
\nbinder
\ndiary\/organizer
\ndictionary
\npen
\npencil
\npaper
\neraser
\nglue
\nruler
\nstapler
\nbackpack
\ncalculator
\nscissors
\nhomework
\ntest\/exam<\/div>
<\/div><\/p>\n

If you’re a very diligent pupil, you’ll go ahead and make some flashcards<\/strong> (\u5361\u7247 – k\u01ce pi\u00e0n) with those vocabulary words! Speaking of vocabulary, make sure you sign up for our Mandarin word of the day<\/a> so you can learn something new every day of the week.<\/p>\n

The School Year in China<\/h2>\n

In China, the school year generally goes from the beginning of September<\/strong> (\u4e5d\u6708 – ji\u01d4 yu\u00e8) until the end of June<\/strong> (\u516d\u6708 – li\u00f9 yu\u00e8). Students attend school five days a week, usually starting at 7:30-8 and finishing around 3. In some areas, students don’t finish the school day until 5 PM. Those schools typically have a long 2-2.5 hour lunch break, allowing students to enjoy an afternoon nap<\/strong> (\u5348\u7761 – w\u01d4 shu\u00ec).<\/p>\n

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Back to school!<\/p><\/div>\n

Schools will take a long winter holiday (around one month) to coincide with the Spring Festival<\/strong> (\u6625\u8282 – ch\u016bn ji\u00e9). Other major holidays during the school year include:<\/p>\n