就教

jiùjiào

verb #36,447

Meanings

1 to seek instruction (humble)
2 to ask for advice from a more learned person

Characters

to approach / go to

instruction / to teach

Examples

学生有一事不明，特来就教。

Xuéshēng yǒu yí shì bù míng, tè lái jiùjiào.

Your student has a question and has come specifically to seek your guidance.

这个问题想就教于王老师。

Zhège wèntí xiǎng jiùjiào yú Wáng lǎoshī.

I would like to ask Teacher Wang for advice on this question.

Tips

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就教 is highly formal/literary, used to humbly request instruction from someone of higher learning. 就 here means 'to go to / approach', so the literal sense is 'to go (to someone) for instruction'. In daily speech use 请教 (qǐngjiào — 'to ask for guidance').

Stroke Order

就 jiù

教 jiāo