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学生學生 xuésheng — student, pupil

xuésheng (second tone, rising)xue2sheng5

Traditional: 學生

student, pupil

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Meanings

  1. student, pupil

    Anyone studying at a school or university, from a young pupil to an adult learner. A classmate is 同学, which is also how a teacher addresses a student.

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 学學
    xué (second tone, rising)

    to study, to learn; learning, a field of study; school (in 学校)

    8 strokes⿳⺍冖子Radical 子
  • 生
    shēng (first tone, high and level)

    to be born; to grow; to give birth to; life; raw, uncooked; unfamiliar, strange

    5 strokesRadical 生

Example sentences

  • 我是学生，他是老师。我是學生，他是老師。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) xuésheng, (second tone, rising) tā (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) lǎoshī. (third tone, dipping)···

    I’m a student and he’s a teacher.

  • 我们学校有很多学生。我們學校有很多學生。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) xuésheng. (second tone, rising)···

    There are a lot of students at our school.

Common mistakes

  • Not quitexué shēng

    Correctxué sheng

    In 学生 the second syllable is normally unstressed and neutral. Pronouncing a full first tone there sounds like careful dictation rather than speech.

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