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修课

xiū kè

2-character word Traditional 修課

What 修课 means

1. to take a course

The characters in 修课

• 修xiūto decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 课kèsubject; course; class

Example sentences

• 历史不是他的主修课。
  Lìshǐ bù shì tā de zhǔxiū kè.
  History is not his major subject.
• 烹饪课程应该作为学校的必修课。
  Pēngrèn kèchéng yīnggāi zuòwéi xuéxiào de bìxiūkè.
  A cooking course should be mandatory in schools.
• 我不是不想听，但是今晚我有必修课。
  Wǒ bù shì bù xiǎng tīng, dànshì jīnwǎn wǒ yǒu bìxiūkè.
  I would like to but I have a required course tonight.

Words containing 修课

• 选修课xuǎn xiū kèoptional course (in school)
• 必修课bì xiū kèrequired course; compulsory course

Sounds the same

Read xiū kè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 休克(medicine; loanword) shock; to go into shock