hok6 haau6學校学校
Jyutpinghok6 haau6
Yalehohk haauh
Definition
School; an educational institution or a physical place where people learn.
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How it's used
While 學校 is the standard term for a school, locals often refer to their specific school level using more precise terms like 小學 or 中學. When talking about the act of attending school, people frequently use the verb phrase 讀書 instead of saying they are at school. Using 學校 often implies the institution as a physical or administrative entity rather than the activity of learning itself.
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Which school did you go to when you were little?
This school has very strict discipline, and the students are very well-behaved.
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Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse 學校 with 學院, which specifically refers to a college or an institute within a university. Use 學校 for general primary or secondary education, and reserve 學院 for higher education or specialized vocational training.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
