Meaning of 大学生
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- university student; college student
How to use 大学生
大学生 refers to anyone studying at a university or college, usually for an undergraduate degree. It is common when introducing yourself or describing someone's stage in life. Example: 我是大学生。(Wǒ shì dàxuéshēng.) I am a college student.
Build it from two words you already know: 大学 (dàxué) means university, and 学生 (xuéshēng) means student. Put them together and a student at a university is a 大学生.
Common mistake: Learners often say 大学学生, repeating 学, but the natural word is 大学生 with one 学. Also keep 学 (xué) in the second tone; it is easy to flatten it into a neutral tone in fast speech.
大学生 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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大 dà · big · 3 strokes
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学 xué · to learn · 8 strokes
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生 shēng · to grow · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 大学生.
| 先生 | xiānsheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 医生 | yīshēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 学生 | xuéshēng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 学习 | xuéxí | to learn; to study |
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday |
| 同学 | tóngxué | to study at the same school; fellow student |
| 生病 | shēngbìng | to fall ill |
| 女生 | nǚshēng | schoolgirl; female student |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
Questions about 大学生
What does 大学生 mean?
大学生 (dàxuéshēng) means "university student; college student" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 大学生?
大学生 is made of 3 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 学 (8 strokes), 生 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 大学生 an HSK word?
Yes. 大学生 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 大学生 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 大学生 is written 大學生.
Is 大学生 used for graduate students too?
Usually not. Graduate students are called 研究生 (yánjiūshēng), and 大学生 normally means undergraduates. In casual speech some people use 大学生 loosely for anyone at a university.
How do I say high school student or primary school student?
Use the same pattern: school type plus 生. A high school student is 高中生 (gāozhōngshēng), and a primary school student is 小学生 (xiǎoxuéshēng).