cram school

English

Noun

cram school (plural cram schools)

1. (education) A specialized school that trains students to meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities.
   • 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), pages 139-140:

     Most of my classmates went to a cram school in order to get ready for the high school entrance exams that you take in the second half of ninth grade.

Translations

specialised school

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 補習社 / 补习社 (bou² zaap⁶ se⁵)

  Mandarin: 補習班 / 补习班 (zh) (bǔxíbān)

• Finnish: valmennuskurssi (fi)
• French: classe préparatoire (fr) f, prépa (fr) f (colloquial)
• German: Paukschule f
• Greek: φροντιστήριο (el) n (frontistírio)
• Indonesian: bimbel (id)
• Japanese: 塾 (ja) (じゅく, juku), 学習塾 (ja) (がくしゅうじゅく, gakushū juku)
• Korean: 학원(學院) (ko) (hagwon)
• Polish: kursy m pl
• Portuguese: cursinho (pt) m
• Russian: подготови́тельные ку́рсы m pl (podgotovítelʹnyje kúrsy), ку́рсы (ru) m pl (kúrsy)
• Spanish: clases particulares f pl, cursos de nivelación m pl (Mexico), escuela intensiva f, escuela preparatoria f
• Thai: โรงเรียนกวดวิชา (roong rian gùat wí-chaa)
• Turkish: dershane (tr)