护理学

護理學

hùlǐxué

noun

Meanings

1 nursing (as an academic field)
2 nursing science

Characters

manage; tend to

Examples

她在大学读护理学。

Tā zài dàxué dú hùlǐxué.

She is studying nursing at university.

护理学是一门理论与实践并重的学科。

Hùlǐxué shì yì mén lǐlùn yǔ shíjiàn bìngzhòng de xuékē.

Nursing is a discipline that places equal weight on theory and practice.

Tips

grammar

The 学 (xué, study/-ology) suffix turns a profession or topic into its academic discipline: 护理 (nursing) → 护理学 (nursing studies), 文 (literature) → 文学, 心理 → 心理学.

Stroke Order

护 hù

理 lǐ

学 xué