Japanese Word Entry

進學校

Simplified Japanese form: 進学校

Kana:	しんがくこう
Romaji:	shingakukou
Definitions:	school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities, school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college school one advances to (e.g. a high school after graduating middle school)
Alternative form:	進學校〔進学校〕【しんがっこう (shingakkou) 】

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Chinese characters used in this word

進	advance, proceed, progress, promote, make progress, enter

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄐㄧㄣˋ (jìn)
Cantonese:	zeon3
Japanese:	シン (shin)、ジン (jin) / すす.む (susumu)、すす.める (susumeru)
Korean:	진 (jin)
Vietnamese:	tiến

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:

进

學	learning, knowledge, school

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄒㄩㄝˊ (xué), ㄒㄧㄠˊ (xiáo), ㄏㄨㄚˊ (huá), ㄐㄧㄠˋ (jiào)
Cantonese:	hok6
Japanese:	ガク (gaku) / まな.ぶ (manabu)
Korean:	학 (hag)
Vietnamese:	học

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:	学
Simplified Japanese form:	学
Semantic variant form:	斈

校	exam, school, printing, proof, correction, military field officer

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄒㄧㄠˋ (xiào), ㄐㄧㄠˋ (jiào), ㄐㄧㄠˇ (jiǎo), ㄑㄧㄠ (qiāo)
Cantonese:	haau6
Japanese:	コウ (kou)、キョウ (kyou) / かせ (kase)、くらべる (kuraberu)、かんがえる (kangaeru)
Korean:	교 (gyo), 효 (hyo)
Vietnamese:	giáo, hiệu, hào, đắng