函授

hánshòu

noun HSK 7-9 #35,561

Meanings

1 correspondence course
2 distance learning (by mail)

Characters

letter; correspondence

to teach; to instruct

Examples

他通过函授拿到了大学文凭。

Tā tōngguò hánshòu nádào le dàxué wénpíng.

He got his university diploma through a correspondence course.

这所大学提供函授课程。

Zhè suǒ dàxué tígōng hánshòu kèchéng.

This university offers correspondence courses.

Tips

memory

函 means 'letter/mail' and 授 means 'to teach' — teaching by mail, i.e., correspondence education.

Stroke Order

函 hán

授 shòu