The Chinese word **逃课 (táokè)** is a compound verb formed by combining the character **逃 (táo)**, meaning "to escape" or "to flee," with the character **课 (kè)**, meaning "class" or "lesson." It follows a standard verb-object grammatical structure where the first character denotes the action and the second character is the object of that action. Thus, the literal meaning is "to escape class," which figuratively and commonly translates as "to skip class" or "to play hooky," describing the act of a student being absent from a lesson without permission.