hok6 zai3學制学制
Jyutpinghok6 zai3
Yalehohk jai
Definition
An educational or school system; the organizational structure of education.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the structural framework of an education system, such as the number of years spent in primary, secondary, or tertiary levels. It is a formal term often used in news reports, policy discussions, or academic contexts rather than casual conversation. When discussing the actual experience of being a student, people usually prefer talking about 讀書 or 學校生活.
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The Hong Kong school system is very different from foreign ones.
Do you know how the new school system works?
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Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse this with 學校, which refers to the physical school building or institution. Remember that 學制 describes the abstract system or policy governing education, not the place itself.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
