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学院

xué yuàn · xue yuan

Traditional 學院

HSK 1Measure word: 所 suǒ

Meaning

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  1. college
  2. educational institute
  3. school
  4. faculty
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In a conversation

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The music college

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)哪个(nǎge)学院(xuéyuàn)？

    Which college are you in?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)音乐(yīnyuè)学院(xuéyuàn)。

    I'm at the music college.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)一定(yīdìng)很(hěn)会(huì)唱歌(chànggē)吧(ba)！

    You must be good at singing!

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)学(xué)的(de)是(shì)钢琴(gāngqín)，不是(bùshì)唱歌(chànggē)。

    I study piano, not singing.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你们(nǐmen)学院(xuéyuàn)一定(yīdìng)天天(tiāntiān)都(dōu)很(hěn)好听(hǎotīng)吧(ba)？

    Then your college must sound lovely every day?

  6. Dengdeng

    不(bù)，很(hěn)吵(chǎo)，每个人(měigerén)都(dōu)在(zài)练(liàn)不同(bùtóng)的(de)曲子(qǔzi)。

    No, it's noisy. Everyone practises a different piece.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

去(qù)年(nián)我(wǒ)们(men)学(xué)院(yuàn)建(jiàn)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)新(xīn)教(jiào)学(xué)楼(lóu)。

A new classroom building was built in our institute last year.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

剑(jiàn)桥(qiáo)的(de)三(sān)十(shí)三(sān)个(gè)学(xué)院(yuàn)中(zhōng)，以(yǐ)彼(bǐ)得(dé)学(xué)院(yuàn)最(zuì)为(wéi)古(gǔ)老(lǎo)。

Peterhouse is the oldest of the 33 colleges of Cambridge.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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学
xué

to learn; to study

院
yuàn

courtyard; institution

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