Definition
升学 (shēng xué) means to advance to a higher level of schooling, such as from middle school to high school or from high school to university. It differs from 入学 (rù xué), which means to enroll or start school for the first time (or at a new school), and from 升级 (shēng jí), which means to move up to the next grade within the same school.
verb
to move up to the next level of schoolingto enter a higher school
Easily confused
- 开学kāi xuélook-aliketo start school, to begin a new term
Examples
- 升学。Hěn duō xuéshēng wèile shēng xué ér nǔlì fùxí.Many students study hard in order to move up to the next level of schooling.
- 升学。Zhè suǒ xuéxiào de shēng xué lǜ hěn gāo.The rate of students moving up to higher schools at this school is very high.
- 升学。Tā yīnwèi shēng xué bān dào le lìng yí gè chéngshì.He moved to another city because of moving up to a higher school.
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