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Yue Chinese Vocabulary - Education

Hi Yue Chinese learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will learn useful vocabulary related to education in Yue Chinese. Education is a fundamental right, and learning new words to talk about it will help you communicate better with native speakers.

Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson: Family Members & How to Say Hello and Greetings.

Basic Vocabulary

Let's start with some basic vocabulary:

Yue Chinese	Pronunciation	English
學校	haak6 haau6	school
教師	gaau3 si1	teacher
學生	hok6 saang1	student
課程	fo1 cang4	curriculum
成績	sing4 zik1	grades
書本	syu1 bun2	textbook
班級	baan1 kap1	class
測驗	caak1 jim2	test

Let's see how these words can be used in a dialogue:

• Teacher: 今日我地學嘅嘢係啲咩？ (Gam1 jat6 ngo5 dei6 hok6 ge3 je5 hai6 di1 me1?) (What are we learning today?)
• Students: 我哋今日學咗數學。(ngo5 dei6 gam1 jat6 hok6 zo2 sou3 hok6.) (We learned math today.)

Classroom Objects

Next, let's learn some classroom objects:

Yue Chinese	Pronunciation	English
黑板	hak1 baan2	blackboard
筆	bat1	pen
鉛筆	yuen1 bat1	pencil
橡皮	zoeng3 pei4	eraser
尺	cek3	ruler
計算機	gai3 syun3 gei2	calculator
筆記	bat1 gei3	notebook

Let's see how these words can be used in a dialogue:

• Student: 我唔見咗支筆。(ngo5 m4 gin3 zo2 zi1 bat1.) (I lost my pen.)
• Teacher: 冇問題，我俾你一支啦。(Mou5 man6 tai4, ngo5 bei2 nei5 jat1 zi1 laa1.) (No problem, I'll give you one.)

Academic Levels

After learning basic vocabulary and classroom objects, it's time to learn academic levels:

Yue Chinese	Pronunciation	English
幼稚園	jau3 zi1 jyun4	kindergarten
小學	siu2 hok6	elementary school
中學	zung1 hok6	middle school
高中	gou1 zung1	high school
大學	daai6 hok6	college/university
研究生	jin4 gau3 saang1	graduate student
博士	bok3 si6	doctorate

Let's see how these words can be used in a dialogue:

• Student: 你讀緊咩？ (Nei5 duk6 gan2 me1?) (What are you studying?)
• Graduate student: 我而家係研究生，攞緊博士學位。(Ngo5 ji4 gaa1 hai6 jin4 gau3 saang1, lo2 gan2 bok3 si6 hok6 wai6.) (I'm a graduate student now, working on my doctorate.)

Idiomatic Expressions

Finally, let's learn some idiomatic expressions related to education:

Yue Chinese	Pronunciation	English
請安坐	cing2 on1 zo6	please take a seat
課堂紀律	fo1 tong4 gei2 lik6	classroom discipline
好好學習，天天向上	hou2 hou2 hok6 zaap6, tin1 tin1 hoeng3 soeng6	study hard and make daily progress

Now let's see how these idiomatic expressions can be used in a dialogue:

• Teacher: 請安坐。(Cing2 on1 zo6.) (Please take a seat.)
• Students: 謝謝老師。(Ze6 ze6 lou5 si1.) (Thank you, teacher.)

Practice Exercise

Now it's time to practice your vocabulary! Try to fill in the blanks with the appropriate word:

1. ___ 是學生同埋老師一齊嘅地方。(Haak6 haau6 hai6 hok6 saang1 tung4 maai5 lou5 si1 jat1 cai4 ge3 dei6 fong1.) 2. 我嘅老師係一位好有________嘅人。(Ngo5 ge3 lou5 si1 hai6 jat1 wai6 hou2 jau5 ___ ge3 jan4.) 3. 你係咪讀______學？(Nei5 hai6 mai6 duk6 ___ hok6?) 4. 我唔鍾意呢本______。(Ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 ni1 bun2 _____.) 5. 我想攞到好________嘅成績。(Ngo5 soeng2 lo2 dou3 hou2 ___ ge3 sing4 zik1.)

1. 學校 (Haak6 haau6) 2. 經驗 (ging1 jim6) 3. 大學 (daai6 hok6) 4. 書本 (syu1 bun2) 5. 成績 (sing4 zik1)

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have learned some new vocabulary related to education in Yue Chinese. Keep practicing and expanding your vocabulary. To improve your Yue Chinese Vocabulary, you can also use the Polyglot Club website. Find native speakers and ask them any questions!

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Sources

• Education in Hong Kong
• Yue Chinese on Wikipedia
• Graduate School on Wikipedia

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