教育

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

教育

1. education; instruction; schooling

   成人教育  ―  chéngrén jiàoyù  ―  adult education

   教育功能  ―  jiàoyù gōngnéng  ―  educational function

   教育史  ―  jiàoyù shǐ  ―  history of education

   接受教育  ―  jiēshòu jiàoyù  ―  to receive education

   終身教育／终身教育  ―  zhōngshēn jiàoyù  ―  lifelong education

   道德教育  ―  dàodé jiàoyù  ―  moral instruction

   免費教育／免费教育  ―  miǎnfèi jiàoyù  ―  free education

   教育取向  ―  jiàoyù qǔxiàng  ―  educational orientation

   綠色教育／绿色教育  ―  lǜsè jiàoyù  ―  education with a focus on environmental protection

   人均受教育年限  ―  rénjūn shòu jiàoyù niánxiàn  ―  average duration of schooling

   一個受過良好教育的人 [MSC, trad.]
   一个受过良好教育的人 [MSC, simp.]

   yī ge shòuguò liánghǎo jiàoyù de rén [Pinyin]

   a well-educated person

   普及科學與民主，根子在教育。 [MSC, trad.]
   普及科学与民主，根子在教育。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pǔjí kēxué yǔ mínzhǔ, gēnzi zài jiàoyù. [Pinyin]

   Education is at the root of the popularization of science and democracy.

   知識不一定完全來自於學校的教育，社會也是個大學嘛。 [MSC, trad.]
   知识不一定完全来自于学校的教育，社会也是个大学嘛。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhīshí bù yīdìng wánquán láizì yú xuéxiào de jiàoyù, shèhuì yě shì ge dàxué ma. [Pinyin]

   Knowledge does not come from schooling alone. Society is a kind of university.

Verb

教育

1. to educate; to enlighten; to inculcate

   • 得天下英才而教育之，三樂也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     得天下英才而教育之，三乐也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Dé tiānxià yīngcái ér jiàoyù zhī, sānyuè yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Descendants

Others:

• → Zhuang: gyauyuz

Related terms

• 開導／开导 (kāidǎo)
• 訓導／训导 (xùndǎo)
• 涵養／涵养 (hányǎng)
• 教養／教养 (jiàoyǎng)
• 培養／培养 (péiyǎng)
• 修養／修养 (xiūyǎng)

References

• “教育”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.