班级 bānjí class (group of students)
class (group of students); grade (in school)
怎么记住“班级”: 班 class + 级 grade = class (group of students).
汉字
用法
- A school class as an organizational unit/homeroom - 我们班级有三十个学生 (wǒmen bānjí yǒu sānshí ge xuésheng) our class has thirty students.
- More formal/administrative than plain 班 (bān), which is what you actually say in speech: 我们班 (wǒmen bān). 班级 appears in written and official contexts.
- Different from 课 (kè), a class session/lesson - 班级 is the group of pupils, not the period you sit through.
例句
- 新的班级怎么样？ Xīn de bānjí zěnmeyàng?How is your new class?
- 我的兄弟和我在一个班级。 Wǒ de xiōngdì hé wǒ zài yígè bānjí.My brother and I are in the same class.
- 汤姆是这个班级里唯一的男生。 Tāngmǔ shì zhège bānjí lǐ wéiyī de nánshēng.Tom's the only guy in this class.