学生 (xuésheng) — student

HSK 1 | noun | student, pupil

学生 (xuésheng)

A noun meaning student or pupil. It refers to anyone who is studying, from primary school children to university students. The word combines 学 (learn/study) and 生 (person/life).

Meanings

  1. [noun] Student, pupil, learner.

Example Sentences

我是一名汉语学生。 Wǒ shì yī míng Hànyǔ xuésheng. I am a Chinese language student.

这个班有二十个学生。 Zhège bān yǒu èrshí gè xuésheng. There are twenty students in this class.

学生们都很认真。 Xuéshengmen dōu hěn rènzhēn. All the students are very serious and hardworking.

老师问学生一个问题。 Lǎoshī wèn xuésheng yīgè wèntí. The teacher asked the student a question.

Collocations

Collocation Meaning
大学生 (dàxuéshēng) university student
小学生 (xiǎoxuéshēng) primary school student
留学生 (liúxuéshēng) international student
学生证 (xuéshengzhèng) student ID card
好学生 (hǎo xuésheng) good student
新学生 (xīn xuésheng) new student

Memory Hook

学 (study) plus 生 (life/person) gives you the person whose life is study. A student is someone whose main activity is learning.