(xué shēng) - student in Mandarin
xuéshēngTraditional: 学生
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.
Used in
Grammar articles
(5)The Mandarin Copula 是 (shì): To Be, and When to Leave It Out
Mandarin Existential and Presentative Sentences: 有, 出现, 发生 and Why New Things Go After the Verb
Mandarin Location and Existence: 在 for Where, 有 for There Is, and the 上/下/里/外 Position Words
Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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