học hành

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 學 (“to learn”) and 行 (“to do”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ hajŋ̟˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ hɛɲ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ han˨˩]

Verb

học hành

  1. to do learning or studying
    Học hành chẳng đâu vào đâu!
    Your schoolwork is terrible!
    (literally, “[The way] you're doing your schoolwork is terrible!”)
  2. to learn or study thoroughly, without forgetting to apply theory to practice
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