How to Say "School" in Cantonese — 學校 (hok6 haau6)

Other ways to say “school”

我喺學校做嘢

I work at school

“自學”，顧名思義，就是不在學校學，也沒有老師指點，全靠自己學習。

As the name implies, "Self-study" does not involve going to school where teachers are there to teach and guide; one learns on his own.

hokˍ₆學haauˍ₆校gam˗₃咁daai6,大﹐mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知heoi˗₃去binˉ¹邊douˍ₆度wanˊ²搵keoiˏ₅佢zi˗₃至ngaamˉ¹啱。

The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him.

hokˍ₆學haauˍ₆校zyuˊ²主baanˍ₆辦wutˍ₆活dung6.動。

The school is organizing an event.

The romanisation in brackets (hok6 haau6) is Jyutping, the standard system for Cantonese sounds. New to it? Read our beginner’s guide to Jyutping → or learn about Cantonese tones.