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˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ han˨˩]

Verb

học hành

1. to learn or study thoroughly, without forgetting to apply theory to practice
2. 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!”)