học

/hə̰ʔk/

verb★Beginner

formal

to study, to learn

Tôi học tiếng Anh mỗi ngày.

I study English every day.

Học sinh cần học bài trước khi đi học.

Students need to study their lessons before going to school.

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Commonly used to describe the act of studying or learning something systematically.

formal

to attend school or classes

Con tôi học ở trường tiểu học.

My child goes to elementary school.

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Often used to indicate regular attendance at an educational institution.

Collocations

học bàito study lessonshọc tậpto study (formal)học sinhstudent

học tập chăm chỉphrase

to study diligently

học hỏiphrase

to learn and ask questions

'Học' is a versatile verb that can mean both 'to study' and 'to attend school.' Context usually clarifies the meaning.

'Học' is an intransitive verb and does not conjugate for tense or person in Vietnamese. It remains 'học' in all contexts.

From Middle Vietnamese *học*, from Old Chinese 學 (hok). Related to learning and education.

The verb 'học' is often used with the object 'bài' (lessons) or 'tiếng' (language). It can also be used intransitively to mean 'to attend school.'

học

to learn or study

root

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