师范大学

師範大學
shīfàn dàxué
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 normal university
  2. 2 teachers' college
  3. 3 teacher training university

Examples

Tā zài shīfàn dàxué dú yánjiūshēng.
She's doing her graduate studies at a normal university.
Zhōngguó jīhū měigè shěng dōu yǒu yī suǒ shīfàn dàxué.
Nearly every province in China has a normal university.

Tips

usage
'Normal university' is a calque of the French école normale — it means a teacher-training institution, not an 'ordinary' one. 师范 literally = 'teacher model.' Top ones include 北京师范大学, 华东师范大学, 华中师范大学.

Stroke Order

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xué