学费
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
学费 (xuéfèi) · tuition fee
学费 (xuéfèi) means “tuition fee”. It is written with 2 characters: 学 (to study) + 费 (fee). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 学费 is built
The characters
学 xué · to study
What 学 is made of
- ⺍ — three-stroke
- 冖mì — cover
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
费 fèi · fee
What 费 is made of
- 弗fú — not
- 弓gōng — bow
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 贝 gives the meaning, 弗 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个学校的学费很贵。Zhège xuéxiào de xuéfèi hěn guì.The tuition at this school is expensive.
学费一年多少钱？Xuéfèi yī nián duōshǎo qián?How much is the tuition per year?
Questions about 学费
What does 学费 mean?
学费 (xuéfèi) means “tuition fee”.
How do you pronounce 学费?
学费 is pronounced xuéfèi.
Which HSK level is 学费?
学费 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 大学dàxuéuniversity
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 上学shàngxuéto go to school
- 同学tóngxuéclassmate
- 小学xiǎoxuéprimary school
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student
- 学生xuéshengstudent
- 学习xuéxíto study
Learn 学费 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 36: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.