(jiào yù) - education, to educate, upbringing in Mandarin
jiàoyùTraditional: 教育
Translation
education, to educate, upbringing
Word origin
A compound of 教 (jiào, to teach) and 育 (yù, to raise, to bring up), covering both instruction and upbringing.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 教 (jiào, to teach) + 育 (yù, to raise)
Stroke order
教
育
Examples
育。
Education is every child's right.
育。
He has worked in education for twenty years.
育。
She has had a very good education.
育。
This country places great importance on education.
育诚。
His father taught him to be honest.
教育 (jiào yù) is education in the broad sense: schooling, the system, and the raising of a child into a decent adult. 受教育 (shòu jiào yù) is to receive an education, 教育部 (jiào yù bù) is the Ministry of Education.
It is also a verb, and here it drifts from the English. 教育某人 (jiào yù mǒu rén) often means to lecture or to give someone a talking-to, not simply to instruct them. A parent who says 我得好好教育教育他 (wǒ děi hǎo hǎo jiào yù jiào yù tā) is promising a stern word, not a maths lesson.
For plain classroom teaching, use 教 (jiāo) instead: 他教英语 (tā jiāo Yīng yǔ), he teaches English. Note the tone shift, because the verb 教 is first tone jiāo while the 教 inside 教育 (jiào yù) is fourth tone.
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