day 47back to school

back to school

Talk about school and classes, and say when something happens later or earlier than expected.

today’s words

• 小學 xiǎoxué · primary school
• 高中 gāozhōng · senior high school
• 上學 shàngxué · go to school
• 開學 kāixué · start of term; term starts
• 班 bān · class (group of students)
• 作業 zuòyè · homework
• 成績 chéngjī · grades, results
• 華語 huáyǔ · Mandarin Chinese (as taught to foreigners)
• 黑板 hēibǎn · blackboard
• 課本 kèběn · textbook
• 字典 zìdiǎn · dictionary
• 上 shàng · get on, go up; attend
• 下 xià · get off, go down; fall

sentences

• 今天開學，我七點就起床了。 · Term starts today, and I was up by seven.
• 志明九點才到公司。 · Zhiming didn’t get to the office until nine.
• 我們班才有八個學生。 · There are only eight students in our class.
• 我弟弟今年上小學。 · My little brother starts primary school this year.
• 我坐公車上學，在學校前面下車。 · I take the bus to school and get off in front of it.