南洋公学

南洋公學

Nányáng Gōngxué

proper noun

Meanings

1 Nanyang Public School, founded in Shanghai in 1896, the forerunner of today's Jiaotong universities

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Examples

HSK 4

南洋公学是上海交通大学的前身。

Nányáng Gōngxué shì Shànghǎi Jiāotōng Dàxué de qiánshēn.

Nanyang Public School was the forerunner of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

HSK 7-9

南洋公学由盛宣怀在上海创办，是中国最早的新式学校之一。

Nányáng Gōngxué yóu Shèng Xuānhuái zài Shànghǎi chuàngbàn, shì Zhōngguó zuì zǎo de xīnshì xuéxiào zhīyī.

Nanyang Public School was founded in Shanghai by Sheng Xuanhuai and was one of China's earliest new-style schools.

Tips

usage

南洋 here is the late-Qing name for China's southern coastal provinces, as against 北洋 in the north, not Southeast Asia. Shanghai and Xi'an Jiaotong Universities, both 交大 for short, count 1896 as their founding year.

Stroke Order

南 nán

洋 yáng

公 gōng

学 xué