校园 xiàoyuán campus
How to remember 校园: 校 school + 园 garden = campus.
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How it is used
- The physical campus/school grounds - 校园很大很美 (xiàoyuán hěn dà hěn měi) the campus is big and beautiful; 校园生活 (xiàoyuán shēnghuó) campus life.
- Contrast 学校 (xuéxiào), the school as an institution. 校园 is the grounds you walk around in, hence compounds like 校园暴力 (xiàoyuán bàolì) campus/school violence.
Example sentences
- 我们的校园里有很多树。 Wǒmen de xiàoyuán li yǒu hěn duō shù.There are many trees on our campus.