教室
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 2
教室 (jiàoshì) · classroom
教室 (jiàoshì) means “classroom”. It is written with 2 characters: 教 (to teach) + 室 (room). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 教室 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)
室 shì · room
What 室 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 至zhì — reach
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 宀 gives the meaning, 至 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
教室里没有人。Jiàoshì lǐ méiyǒu rén.There is no one in the classroom.
我们的教室在几楼？Wǒmen de jiàoshì zài jǐ lóu?Which floor is our classroom on?
Questions about 教室
What does 教室 mean?
教室 (jiàoshì) means “classroom”.
How do you pronounce 教室?
教室 is pronounced jiàoshì.
Which HSK level is 教室?
教室 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 教师jiàoshīteacher
- 教学jiàoxuéteaching
- 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 教室 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 45: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.