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学问

xué wèn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 學問 Measure word 门

学问 (xué wèn) means "knowledge, learning". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 学问 means

1. learning; knowledge; scholarship
2. a body of specialized knowledge; (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)

The characters in 学问

• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate
• 问wènto ask; to inquire

Example sentences

• 翻译是一门学问。
  Fānyì shì yī mén xuéwèn.
  Translation is a kind of special skill.

Words containing 学问

• 有学问yǒu xué wèn(of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly; (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a…
• 做学问zuò xué wènto pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
• 大有学问dà yǒu xué wèn(of a domain or area of expertise) to involve significant depth or complexity…

Where 学问 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Academic Topics & Questions (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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