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˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ han˨˩]

Verb

học hành

to learn or study thoroughly, without forgetting to apply theory to practice
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!”)

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