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˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ han˨˩]

Verb

học hành

1. 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!”)

2. to learn or study thoroughly, without forgetting to apply theory to practice