Meaning of 教学楼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- school building; academic building
How to use 教学楼
教学楼 is the everyday word on Chinese campuses for the main building with classrooms, as opposed to dorms or the library. Buildings are often numbered, like 一号教学楼. Example: 我们在三号教学楼上课。(Wǒmen zài sān hào jiàoxuélóu shàng kè.) We have class in Teaching Building No. 3.
Break it into two parts: 教学 (jiàoxué) means teaching and 楼 (lóu) means a multi-story building. A teaching building is simply the building where classes happen.
Common mistake: Learners often read 教 here as first tone jiāo because 教 (jiāo) means to teach as a verb. In 教学 it is fourth tone, jiàoxué. Also, 楼 is a building with floors, so do not swap in 房子 (fángzi), which means a house.
教学楼 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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教 jiāo · to teach · 11 strokes
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学 xué · to learn · 8 strokes
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楼 lóu · house with more than 1 story · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 教学楼.
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 学生 | xuéshēng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 学习 | xuéxí | to learn; to study |
| 同学 | tóngxué | to study at the same school; fellow student |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 学院 | xuéyuàn | college; educational institute |
| 中学 | zhōngxué | middle school |
| 放学 | fàngxué | to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
Questions about 教学楼
What does 教学楼 mean?
教学楼 (jiàoxuélóu) means "school building; academic building" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 教学楼?
教学楼 is made of 3 characters: 教 (11 strokes), 学 (8 strokes), 楼 (13 strokes). That is 32 strokes in total.
Is 教学楼 an HSK word?
Yes. 教学楼 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 教学楼 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 教学楼 is written 教學樓.
How do I say which floor of the teaching building I am on?
Use a number plus 楼 for the floor, like 教学楼三楼 (jiàoxuélóu sān lóu), the third floor of the teaching building. Chinese counts the ground floor as 一楼 (yī lóu).
What is the difference between 教学楼 and 学校?
学校 (xuéxiào) is the whole school as an institution or campus. 教学楼 is one specific building inside it where teaching takes place.