siu2 hok6 haau6小學校小学校

Jyutpingsiu2 hok6 haau6

Yalesíu hohk haauh

Definition

Small school.

neutralschool

How it's used

While 小學校 is grammatically correct, native speakers almost exclusively use 小學 to refer to primary school regardless of its size. Adding 校 to the end often emphasizes the physical building or the institution itself rather than the educational level. If you want to describe a school as small in size, it is more natural to use the adjective 細 followed by the school name or type.

Measure word

gaan1間gān

Examples

le1呢gaan1間siu2小hok6學haau6校hou2好sai3細，dak1得gei2幾baan1班㗎zaa3咋。

This small school is very tiny, it only has a few classes.

nei5你hai6係mai6咪喺hai2嗰go2間gaan1小siu2學hok6校haau6讀duk6書syu1呀？

Are you studying at that small school?

Common phrases

jat1一gaan1間siu2小hok6學haau6校

a small school

Common mistake

Learners often use 小學校 to mean primary school, but this sounds slightly redundant or formal. Using just 小學 is the standard way to refer to the institution, and adding the size adjective separately avoids confusion.