Word: 学 (xué)

三分教,七分学

sānfēn jiāo,qī fēn xué

three parts teaching, seven parts learning

上城头学喇叭，本领不高吹得高

shàng chéngtóu xué lǎba, běnlǐng bù gāo chuī de gāo

going up on the city wall to learn the bugle: skill isn't high but the blowing is high

上当学乖，吃亏学能

shàngdàngxuéguāi, chīkuī xué néng

being cheated teaches you to be sharp, taking a loss teaches you skill

为什么你学世界语？

Wèishénme nǐ xué Shìjièyǔ?

Why are you learning Esperanto?

为什么我一直学不好英语？

Wèishénme wǒ yìzhí xué bù hǎo Yīngyǔ?

Why is it after all this time, I still cannot learn English well?

为什么要学法文？

Wèishénme yào xué Fǎwén?

Why learn French?

为什么要学法语？

Wèishénme yào xué Fǎyǔ?

Why learn French?

为什么要学法语呢？

Wèishénme yào xué Fǎyǔ ne?

Why learn French?

亡羊补牢，现在学也不晚。

Wángyángbǔláo, xiànzài xué yě bù wǎn.

Better late than never, it's not too late to learn now.

人贵有志，学贵有恒

rén guì yǒuzhì, xué guì yǒuhéng

a person prizes ambition, study prizes perseverance

从今天开始，我要学一点日语。

Cóng jīntiān kāishǐ, wǒ yào xué yìdiǎn Rìyǔ.

Starting from today, I am going to learn a little Japanese.

他一直想学日语。

Tā yìzhí xiǎng xué Rìyǔ.

He always wanted to study Japanese.

他主修中文，也学一点法语。

Tā zhǔxiū Zhōngwén, yě xué yìdiǎn Fǎyǔ.

He majors in Chinese and also studies a little French.

他们主张学洋务来自强。

Tāmen zhǔzhāng xué yángwù láizì qiáng.

They advocated studying Western learning in order to strengthen the country.

他们从去年开始学英文。

Tāmen cóng qùnián kāishǐ xué Yīngwén.

They started studying English last year.

他们学得很快。

Tāmen xué de hěn kuài.

They learn quickly.

他们说他们愿意学法语。

Tāmen shuō tāmen yuànyì xué Fǎyǔ.

They say they'd like to study French.

他又学法语，又学怎么做网站。

Tā yòu xué Fǎyǔ, yòu xué zěnme zuò wǎngzhàn.

He studies French and web design.

他哥哥在大学学美术。

Tā gēge zài dàxué xué měishù.

His older brother studies fine arts at university.

他在大学里学的是商业。

Tā zài dàxué lǐ xué de shì shāngyè.

He studied business at university.

他在大学里学过两年葡萄牙语。

Tā zài dàxué lǐ xué guò liǎng nián Pútáoyáyǔ.

He studied Portuguese at university for two years.

他在学中文。

Tā zài xué Zhōngwén.

He's studying Chinese.

他外语学得很快。

Tā wàiyǔ xué de hěn kuài.

He is quick at learning a foreign language.

他大学学的是会计。

Tā dàxué xué de shì kuàijì.

He studied accountancy in college.

他大学学的是商贸，现在做外贸。

Tā dàxué xué de shì shāngmào, xiànzài zuò wàimào.

He studied trade and commerce at university and now works in foreign trade.

他大学学的是外贸，英语很好。

Tā dàxué xué de shì wàimào, Yīngyǔ hěn hǎo.

He studied foreign trade in college, and his English is very good.

他大学学的是畜牧业。

Tā dàxué xué de shì xùmùyè.

He studied animal husbandry in college.

他天生资质不错，学得快。

Tā tiānshēng zīzhì búcuò, xué de kuài.

He is naturally gifted and learns quickly.

他学了三个月才学会了骑自行车。

Tā xué le sān gè yuè cái xuéhuì le qí zìxíngchē.

It took him three months to learn to ride a bicycle.

他学了三年才学会把脉。

Tā xué le sān nián cái xuéhuì bǎmài.

It took him three years to learn how to feel the pulse.

他学了两个小时。

Tā xué le liǎng gè xiǎoshí.

He has been studying for two hours.

他学了英国历史。

Tā xué le Yīngguó lìshǐ.

He studied English history.

他学汉语。

Tā xué Hànyǔ.

He is learning Chinese.

他学汉语的劲头真足！

Tā xué Hànyǔ de jìntóu zhēn zú!

He's so enthusiastic about learning Chinese!

他学的是城市规划专业。

Tā xué de shì chéngshìguīhuà zhuānyè.

He is majoring in urban planning.

他学美国的历史。

Tā xué Měiguó de lìshǐ.

He studies American history.

他学英语，但他也学德语。

Tā xué Yīngyǔ, dàn tā yě xué Déyǔ.

He studies English, but he's also studying German.

他年轻时学洋务，懂外语。

Tā niánqīng shí xué yángwù, dǒng wàiyǔ.

In his youth he studied Western learning and knew foreign languages.

他很聪明，学东西总能举一反三。

Tā hěn cōngming, xué dōngxi zǒngnéng jǔyìfǎnsān.

He is very smart and can always apply one thing he learns to many others.

他怎么教，我都学不会。

Tā zěnme jiāo, wǒ dōu xué búhuì.

No matter how he teaches me, I still can't learn it.

他想学着表演脱口秀。

Tā xiǎng xué zhe biǎoyǎn tuōkǒuxiù.

He wants to learn to do stand-up comedy.

他早年在国外学过画画。

Tā zǎonián zài guówài xué guò huàhuà.

In his early years, he studied painting abroad.

他晚年才开始学画画。

Tā wǎnnián cái kāishǐ xué huàhuà.

He only started learning to paint in his later years.

他最近在学画水墨画。

Tā zuìjìn zài xué huà shuǐmòhuà.

He has been learning to paint ink wash paintings lately.

他正在学怎么开车。

Tā zhèngzài xué zěnme kāichē.

He is learning how to drive a car.

他比以前学得更努力了。

Tā bǐ yǐqián xué de gèng nǔlì le.

He studies much harder than before.

他白天上班，业余在学开车。

Tā báitiān shàngbān, yèyú zài xué kāichē.

He works during the day and is learning to drive outside work hours.

他的儿子在学开车。

Tā de érzi zài xué kāichē.

His son is learning to drive.

他说话很粗，别学他。

Tā shuōhuà hěn cū, bié xué tā.

He talks rudely, so don't copy him.

他跟着师傅学做面包。

Tā gēnzhe shīfu xué zuò miànbāo.

He is learning to make bread from his master.

他跟着师父学了三年武术。

Tā gēnzhe shīfu xué le sān nián wǔshù.

He studied martial arts under his master for three years.

他锲而不舍地学游泳。

Tā qiè'érbùshě dì xué yóuyǒng.

He kept at his swimming lessons without giving up.

你为什么学德语？

Nǐ wèishénme xué Déyǔ?

Why do you learn German?

你为什么学英文？

Nǐ wèishénme xué Yīngwén?

What do you learn English for?

你为什么想学建筑学？

Nǐ wèishénme xiǎng xué jiànzhùxué?

Why do you want to study architecture?

你什么时候开始学英语的？

Nǐ shénme shíhou kāishǐ xué Yīngyǔ de?

When did you begin studying English?

你们什么时候开始学英语的？

Nǐmen shénme shíhou kāishǐ xué Yīngyǔ de?

When did you begin studying English?

你在哪里学的意大利语？

Nǐ zài nǎlǐ xué de Yìdàlìyǔ?

Where did you learn Italian?

你在哪里学网球？

Nǐ zài nǎlǐ xué wǎngqiú?

Where did you learn to play tennis?

你在学什么？

Nǐ zài xué shénme?

What are you learning?

你在学什么科目？

Nǐ zài xué shénme kēmù?

What subject are you studying?

你在学校学些什么呀？

Nǐ zài xuéxiào xué xiē shénme ya?

What are you learning at school?

你在学校学过急救吗？

Nǐ zài xuéxiào xué guò jíjiù ma?

Did you learn first aid at school?

你大学学的是什么专业？

Nǐ dàxué xué de shì shénme zhuānyè?

What did you study at university?

你大学学的是营销吗？

Nǐ dàxué xué de shì yíngxiāo ma?

Did you study marketing at university?

你妹妹是学文科的吗？

Nǐ mèimei shì xué wénkē de ma?

Does your younger sister study the humanities?

你学世界语进展如何？

Nǐ xué Shìjièyǔ jìnzhǎn rúhé?

How's studying Esperanto going?

你学了几年的汉语？

Nǐ xué le jǐnián de Hànyǔ?

How many years have you studied Mandarin for?

你学了多少个汉字？

Nǐ xué le duōshǎo gè hànzì?

How many Chinese characters did you learn?

你学得很快。

Nǐ xué de hěn kuài.

You are a fast learner.

你学英语吗？

Nǐ xué Yīngyǔ ma?

Do you study English?

你学英语学了好久了？

Nǐ xué Yīngyǔ xué le hǎojiǔ le?

How long have you been learning English?

你学过深度学习吗？

Nǐ xué guò shēndùxuéxí ma?

Have you studied deep learning?

你学过自然语言处理吗？

Nǐ xué guò zìrányǔyánchǔlǐ ma?

Have you studied natural language processing?

你学阿拉伯语学了多久？

Nǐ xué Ālābóyǔ xué le duōjiǔ?

How long have you been studying Arabic?

你学陶艺多久了？

Nǐ xué táoyì duōjiǔ le?

How long have you been learning pottery?

你应该学着闭上你的嘴。

Nǐ yīnggāi xué zhe bì shang nǐ de zuǐ.

You've got to learn to hold your tongue.

你应该试试学点法语。

Nǐ yīnggāi shì shì xué diǎn Fǎyǔ.

You should try to learn a little French.

你开始学世界语了。

Nǐ kāishǐ xué Shìjièyǔ le.

You began to learn Esperanto.

你得了解俄语才能学这门语言。

Nǐ děi liǎojiě Éyǔ cái néng xué zhè mén yǔyán.

You have to know Russian to learn this language.

你必须得学标准英语。

Nǐ bìxū de xué biāozhǔn Yīngyǔ.

You have to learn standard English.

你想学笛子还是学钢琴？

Nǐ xiǎng xué dízi háishi xué gāngqín?

Do you want to learn the flute or the piano?

你想跟老师学国画吗？

Nǐ xiǎng gēn lǎoshī xué guóhuà ma?

Do you want to learn traditional Chinese painting from the teacher?

你有什么学外语的心得吗？

Nǐ yǒu shénme xué wàiyǔ de xīndé ma?

Do you have any tips for learning a foreign language?

你汉语学了几年了？

Nǐ Hànyǔ xué le jǐnián le?

How many years have you studied Mandarin for?

你的汉语在哪学的？

Nǐ de Hànyǔ zài nǎ xué de?

Where did you study Chinese?

你能借助网络学英语吗？

Nǐ néng jièzhù wǎngluò xué Yīngyǔ ma?

Can you learn English with the help of the internet?

你花多长时间汉语学这么好。

Nǐ huā duō cháng shíjiān Hànyǔ xué zhème hǎo.

How much time did it take you to learn Chinese so well?

你该学得更多。

Nǐ gāi xué de gèng duō.

You must study more.

俄语很难学。

Éyǔ hěn nán xué.

Russian is hard to learn.

俄语非常难学。

Éyǔ fēicháng nán xué.

Russian is very difficult to learn.

先学走，再学跑。

Xiān xué zǒu, zài xué pǎo.

Learn to walk before you run.

八十岁的老头儿学吹打，上气不接下气

bāshí suì de lǎotour xué chuīdǎ, shàngqìbùjiēxiàqì

An eighty-year-old learning to play wind and percussion: breath can't follow breath

其实我也想学日语。

Qíshí wǒ yě xiǎng xué Rìyǔ.

Honestly, I also want to learn Japanese.

冲浪看起来容易，其实很难学。

Chōnglàng kànqǐlai róngyì, qíshí hěn nán xué.

Surfing looks easy, but it's actually hard to learn.

别太自负，你还有很多要学。

Bié tài zìfù, nǐ háiyǒu hěn duō yào xué.

Don't be so conceited; you still have a lot to learn.

到明年我们学英语就有5年了。

Dào míngnián wǒmen xué Yīngyǔ jiù yǒu wǔ nián le.

We will have learned English for five years next year.

双语的孩子学外语更快吗？

Shuāngyǔ de háizi xué wàiyǔ gèng kuài ma?

Do bilingual children learn foreign languages faster?

吃一番苦，学一回乖

chī yìfān kǔ, xué yìhuí guāi

suffer one hardship, learn one lesson in wisdom

同学们都在学英文。

Tóngxuémen dōu zài xué Yīngwén.

The students are all learning English.