开学

開學

kāixué

verb HSK 2 #11,900

Meanings

1 to start school
2 beginning of semester

Characters

to open; to start

to study; school

Examples

九月一号开学。

Jiǔ yuè yī hào kāixué.

School starts on September 1st.

快要开学了，你准备好了吗？

Kuài yào kāixué le, nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma?

School is about to start, are you ready?

开学第一天我很紧张。

Kāixué dì yī tiān wǒ hěn jǐnzhāng.

I was very nervous on the first day of school.

Tips

culture

In China, the school year typically begins on September 1st. The spring semester starts after Chinese New Year, usually in February or March.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

学 xué