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HSK
how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
university student; college student
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *生* | 生* | *生
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
HSK 2
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
HSK 1
to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
student / schoolchild
HSK 1
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
HSK 2
schoolgirl / female student / girl
HSK 1
class (group of students) / grade (in school)
HSK 3
student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student
HSK 2
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet
HSK 6
to enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
teachers and students
HSK 6
(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear themed uniforms (e.g. nurse, student, maid etc), often featuring a more openly flirtatious or physically intimate style of service
graduate student / postgraduate student / research student
HSK 4
in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole / overall situation; the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students
HSK 7-9
student grant / education grant / scholarship
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *当* | 当* | *当
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
HSK 6
banquet hosted by students in honor of their teachers
student loan
to group students into classes / to divide people (staff members etc) into groups
to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake
HSK 7-9
(PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes
(slang) straight-A student; academic prodigy
(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
HSK 7-9
term used by a teacher or master to refer to themself when speaking to their student
undergraduate student
outstanding student / to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality) / to enhance the genetic quality of a population; eugenics
exchange student
university and high school students
(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
intern (student)
when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme
(coll.) unenthusiastic, mediocre student / underachiever
(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies) / (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study
student union
(literary) student / scholar
HSK 7-9
student on duty / prefect
junior high student
(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work)
new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student
HSK 7-9
to study / to learn from a master / (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
student protest / campus unrest
Master's degree student
senior high school student
(idiom) to teach in accordance with the student's aptitude; to tailor instruction to the individual student
student identity card
top student
student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试)
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
person in charge of a (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长 discipline monitor
student who engages in regular training for a sport / student who takes physical education as a subject
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
(of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly
schoolmate / fellow student
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
student graduating in the current academic year; current-year graduate; fresh graduate
(slang) international student; student studying abroad
transfer student
student of great ability / talented student
PhD student; doctoral candidate
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
school official responsible for supervising the students (old)
newly enlisted officer student / cadet
student graduating in the current year / recent graduate
to grade (a student's work); to rate (sb's performance); to give a score
school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory
disciple / student (of a famous master)
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带) / cf. 海歸|海归
to attend school as a day student
Moral Education Office (administrative department in Chinese schools responsible for overseeing student conduct, moral and ideological education, mental health, safety, aesthetic and patriotic education, extracurricular activities and coordination with families and student organizations)
a great number of students (idiom)
question bank (for examiners creating an exam, or students preparing for an exam)
student of theology / Bachelor of Divinity / Taleban (Farsi: student)
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
student movement
to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school / to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan) / abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选
Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学
(Tw) class composed of gifted students
(slang) male high school student
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)
senior student
brilliant student
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989

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