(xué shēng) - student in Mandarin

xuéshēng

Traditional: 學生

Line drawing of 学生
Coloured illustration of 学生
HSK 1
#951 of 2,700Core 1000

Translation

student

Test yourself on 学生

Three quick questions. No account needed.

Know this word? Create a free account to track it.

Word origin

A compound of 学 (xué, 'to learn, study') and 生 (shēng, 'to be born; person, one engaged in something'), so the whole means 'one who studies'. 学 derives from a pictograph of two hands handling counting rods over a roofed building, with 子 (child) added below; 生 is a pictograph of a plant sprouting from the ground.

Origin
compound
Root
学 (xué, 'to learn') + 生 (shēng, 'person, one who')

Stroke order

Stroke order for 学

学

Stroke order for 生

生

Examples

。

I am a university student.

。

This teacher has thirty students.

。

This student is very hardworking.

。

This class has thirty students.

。

He is a good student.

学生 (xué shēng) means student.

Where this fits

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Chapters 1 and 2 free

Meet this word in a story

Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.

Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.

Start learning free

Mandarin · Free printables

学生: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Mandarin word "学生" (student): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

Part of Kilo Lingo Plus

Printables beyond chapters 1 and 2 are part of Kilo Lingo Plus. Sign up free and start your free week to download as many as you like: no card.

Start your free week (no card)

This word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 6: 学生, 寻找, 派对 and 7 more words.