同学 tóngxué▶ bạn học

Stroke order

同学 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 同 — 6 strokes
• 学 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to study at the same school
2. fellow student
3. classmate

Example sentences

• 他是我的同学。Tā shì wǒ de tóngxué.He is my classmate.
• 我同学都很高兴。Wǒ tóngxué dōu hěn gāoxìng.My classmates are all very happy.

Related words

• 学习học; nghiên cứu
• 学校trường học
• 学生học sinh; sinh viên
• 同事Đồng nghiệp
• 同意Đồng ý
• 数学Toán học

同学 is pronounced tóngxué and means “bạn học”. It is part of the HSK 1 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 同学 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.