教学
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
教学 (jiàoxué) · teaching
教学 (jiàoxué) means “teaching; to teach”. It is written with 2 characters: 教 (to teach) + 学 (to study). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 教学 is built
The characters
教 jiāo · to teach
What 教 is made of
- 孝xiào — filial piety
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 耂lǎo — old
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 孝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
王老师教学很认真。Wáng lǎoshī jiāoxué hěn rènzhēn.Teacher Wang teaches very conscientiously.
这个学校的教学怎么样？Zhège xuéxiào de jiāoxué zěnmeyàng?How is the teaching at this school?
Questions about 教学
What does 教学 mean?
教学 (jiàoxué) means “teaching; to teach”.
How do you pronounce 教学?
教学 is pronounced jiàoxué.
Which HSK level is 教学?
教学 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 教师jiàoshīteacher
- 教室jiàoshìclassroom
- 教育jiàoyùeducation
- 教材jiàocáitextbook
- 教练jiàoliàncoach
- 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for advice
- 教授jiàoshòuprofessor
- 教训jiàoxunlesson
- 教养jiàoyǎngupbringing
Learn 教学 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.