校 (xiào): (bound form) school, college, (bound form) (military) field officer, to check, to collate, to proofread
校 (xiào) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) school.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 交 (phonetic). It ranks #633 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 校 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- (bound form) school
- college
- (bound form) (military) field officer
- to check
- to collate
- to proofread
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 校
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 学校noun | xué xiào | school | 1 |
| 校长noun | xiào zhǎng | (college, university) president | 3 |
| 校园noun | xiào yuán | campus | 3 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上校noun | shàng xiào | high ranking officer in Chinese army |
| 少校noun | shào xiào | junior ranking officer in Chinese army |
| 中校noun | zhōng xiào | middle ranking officer in Chinese army |
| 返校verb | fǎn xiào | to return to school |
| 高校noun | gāo xiào | universities and colleges |
| 军校noun | jūn xiào | military school |
| 校友noun | xiào yǒu | schoolmate |
| 校服noun | xiào fú | school uniform |
| 分校noun | fēn xiào | branch of a school |
| 校准verb | jiào zhǔn | to calibrate |
| 夜校noun | yè xiào | evening school |
| 校方noun | xiào fāng | the school (as a party in negotiations, a dispute etc) |
| 母校noun | mǔ xiào | alma mater |
| 校正verb | jiào zhèng | to proofread and correct |
| 校外adjective | xiào wài | off campus |
校 appears in 100 compound words: 44 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 校 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
an institution that is deemed an industry standard, has industry-wide influence, and produces industry talents
Example Sentences
这所学校有悠久的历史，培养了很多优秀人才。
Zhè suǒ xuéxiào yǒu yōujiǔ de lìshǐ, péiyǎng le hěn duō yōuxiù réncái.
This school has a long history and has cultivated many outstanding talents.
竹县爱讲“客”推学校客语能力 扩大奖励对象
zhú xiàn ài jiǎng kè tuī xué jiào kè yǔ néng lì kuò dà jiǎng lì duì xiàng
Zhu County loves to speak "guests" and promote the school's Hakka language ability to expand the reward objects
台中公车驶入校园+1 “282绕”停靠雾峰国中
tái zhōng gōng chē shǐ rù jiào yuán 1 2 8 2 rào tíng kào wù fēng guó zhōng
Taichung bus drove into the campus +1 "282 rounds" and stopped at Wufeng Junior High School
国教署投1.4亿 助偏乡839校活化教学
guó jiào shǔ tóu 1 . 4 yì zhù piān xiāng 8 3 9 jiào huó huà jiào xué
The State Education Administration invested 140 million yuan to help 839 schools in rural areas revitalize teaching
...轮胎那么简单:比亚迪详解澳洲车型本地化调校细节,悬架更硬更偏欧规设定
. . . lún tāi nà má jiǎn dān : bǐ yà dí xiáng jiě ào zhōu chē xíng běn dì huà diào jiào xì jié , xuán jià gēng yìng gēng piān ōu guī shè dìng
... The tires are as simple as that: BYD explains the details of the localization of Australian models in detail, and the suspension is stiffer and more European
徐梦桃、邵琪冬奥会摘金夺铜,母校发来喜报
xú mèng táo 邵 琪 dōng ào huì zhāi jīn duó tóng , mǔ jiào fā lái xǐ bào
Xu Mengtao and Shao Qi win gold and bronze in Winter Olympics, and their alma mater sends them a happy report.
你的学校在这个城市吗？
Nǐ de xuéxiào zài zhège chéngshì ma?
Is your school in this town?
你们今天下午在学校做些什么？
Nǐmen jīntiān xiàwǔ zài xuéxiào zuò xiē shénme?
What are you doing at school this afternoon?
这间游泳学校每个月的学费是多少？
Zhè jiān yóuyǒng xuéxiào měi gè yuè de xuéfèi shì duōshao?
How much is the monthly fee of this swimming school?
他走路去学校还是骑车去学校？
Tā zǒulù qù xuéxiào háishi qíchē qù xuéxiào?
Does he go to school on foot or by bicycle?
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