课 (kè) means Subject (class - lesson). Below are 24 of the 48 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他今天没来上 课 。
Tā jīntiān méi lái shàng kè.
He didn't come to class today.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 课
我们上午有汉语 课 。
Wǒmen shàngwǔ yǒu Hànyǔ kè.
We have a Chinese class in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 课
下 课 铃响了。
Xià kè líng xiǎng le.
The bell for the end of class has rung.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 铃
老师在讲新 课 。
Lǎoshī zài jiǎng xīn kè.
The teacher is teaching a new lesson.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 讲
明天照常上 课 。
Míngtiān zhàocháng shàng kè.
Classes go ahead as usual tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 照常
上 课 以前要预习。
Shàng kè yǐqián yào yùxí.
You should prepare before class.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 预习
今天上午有四节 课 。
Jīntiān shàngwǔ yǒu sì jié kè.
There are four classes this morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 节
我在上初级中文 课 。
Wǒ zài shàng chūjí Zhōngwén kè.
I am taking a beginner Chinese class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 初级
今天我代替他上 课 。
Jīntiān wǒ dàitì tā shàng kè.
I am teaching in his place today.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 代替
考试范围是前五 课 。
Kǎoshì fànwéi shì qián wǔ kè.
The exam covers the first five lessons.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 范围
他在上高级汉语 课 。
Tā zài shàng gāojí Hànyǔ kè.
He is taking an advanced Chinese class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 高级
他在 课 堂上很活跃。
Tā zài kètáng shàng hěn huóyuè.
He is very active in class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 活跃
上 课 要集中注意力。
Shàng kè yào jízhōng zhùyìlì.
You need to concentrate in class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 集中
这门 课 程很有意思。
Zhè mén kèchéng hěn yǒu yìsi.
This course is very interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 课程
上 课 的时候别捣乱。
Shàngkè de shíhou bié dǎo luàn.
Don't make trouble during class.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 捣乱
上 课 的时候别玩手机。
Shàng kè de shíhou bié wán shǒujī.
Don't play with your phone during class.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 手机
我预习了明天的 课 文。
Wǒ yùxí le míngtiān de kèwén.
I previewed tomorrow's text.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 预习
Reading these is one thing; producing 课 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
李老师上 课 非常认真。
lǐ lǎoshī shàng kè fēicháng rènzhēn.
Teacher Li is extremely conscientious in class.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
From the grammar library
这是第二 课 。
Zhè shì dì-èr kè.
This is Lesson Two.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
课 appears in 48 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 课
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 课
How is 课 used in a sentence?
This page shows 48 sentences using 课 (kè, "Subject (class - lesson)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 课 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 课 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 课 an HSK word?
Yes — 课 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 课?
The dictionary page for 课 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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