Use “school” for 学校 as a destination or place semantic unit.
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school
学校
A place organized for teaching and learning.
Standard Mapping
- Chinese
- 学校
- Pinyin
- xué xiào
- Meaning
- 学习和教学的场所
- Note
- School is a child of Place.
Meaning and Usage
Mapping Boundary
Correct Mapping
They go school → 他们去学校。
Incorrect Mapping or Split
They go study for 他们去学校
Reason
学校 names the destination, not the activity of studying.