(xué shēng) - student in Mandarin

xuéshēng

Traditional: 學生

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Translation

student

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

学

生

Examples

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I am a university student.

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This teacher has thirty students.

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This student is very hardworking.

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This class has thirty students.

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He is a good student.

学生 (xué shēng) means student.

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