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学问 xuéwèn

学问 xuéwèn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 学问 xuéwèn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuéwèn | xue2 wen4
English translation
learning
knowledge
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About 学问 xuéwèn

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Traditional form

學問

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 学问 xuéwèn

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xué

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of xué . Originally composed of the numbers five () and six ( liù ), representing study of arithmetic. Later two hands ( yòu ) were added on the left and right side of the character, possibly depicting counting with fingers or hands-on teaching. F

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱⺍冖子

Number of Strokes

8
wèn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and Mén represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Mén

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

门口 mén kǒu

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 学问 xuéwèn

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世事 shì shì 洞明 jiē 学问 xuéwèn , 人情 rén qíng 练达 liàn dá 文章 wénzhāng .

A grasp of mundane affairs is genuine knowledge; an understanding of worldly wisdom is true learning.

学问 xuéwèn shì gēn jiē chū de tián guǒ .

Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruits.

qǐng dài Xiàng 你们 nǐ men Bān 其他 qítā 同学 tóngxué 问好 wèn hǎo .

Remember me to the other classmates of your class.

还是 háishi 持续 chíxù 不断 bùduàn de shè le 一点 yī diǎn 学问 xuéwèn de .

I did steadily pick up some crumbs of knowledge.

避谈语言学 yǔ yán xué 问题 wèntí

Keep the conversation off linguistic matters.

学问 xuéwèn Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 学问 xuéwèn and their own compounds.

学问 xuéwèn Compounds

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