xiū xué
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  • v.suspend one's schooling without losing one's status as a student

    • wǒ xiǎng zàn shí cóng dà xué xiū xué

      暂时大学休学

      I wanted a break from university life.

    • qù nián zàn shí xiū xué de xué sheng dōu huí dào le tā men de dà xué

      去年暂时休学学生回到他们大学

      All the students who stopped out last year have returned to their college.

    • tā yīn wèi shēng bìng xiū xué yī xué qī

      因为生病休学学期

      He missed a term because of illness.

Word usage

  • "休" and "学" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 从来

      I've never taken a gap year during school.

    • He took a gap year because of illness.

    • 因为父亲去世半年

      Because of his father's death, he took half a year off from school.

Chinese words with pinyin xiū xue