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HSK
how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
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  *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
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)
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
student / schoolchild
HSK 1
to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
HSK 2
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
schoolgirl / female student / girl
HSK 1
to enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
class (group of students) / grade (in school)
HSK 3
teachers and students
HSK 6
university student; college student
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student
HSK 2
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
top student; outstanding student; standout performer
(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
to support a student's education (often financially)
graduate student / postgraduate student / research student
HSK 4
(literary) one's students
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
(literary) student / scholar
HSK 7-9
(Tw) (of a teacher or parent volunteer) to perform student safety duty, guiding students and maintaining traffic order during arrival and dismissal
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
senior student
a supervised line of schoolchildren walking in procession along public streets, esp. primary school students returning home after school
student who engages in regular training for a sport / student who takes physical education as a subject
(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet
HSK 6
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
(of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly
(coll.) unenthusiastic, mediocre student / underachiever
undergraduate student
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
exchange student
student union
(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
HSK 7-9
(slang) straight-A student; academic prodigy
(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
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  *當* | 當* | *當
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
integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
student on duty / prefect
junior high student
student loan
to study / to learn from a master / (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student
HSK 7-9
senior high school student
student grant / education grant / scholarship
intern (esp. a student in practical training)
grand-disciple; student's student
junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
(idiom) to teach in accordance with the student's aptitude; to tailor instruction to the individual student
student identity card
top student
student graduating in the current academic year; current-year graduate; fresh graduate
reduced-price ticket (e.g. for students)
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
brilliant student
to attend school as a day student
schoolmate / fellow student
when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
(slang) international student; student studying abroad
to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work)
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
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
transfer student
PhD student; doctoral candidate
newly enlisted officer student / cadet
university and high school students
student ID number
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带) / cf. 海歸|海归
student of a senior high school
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
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子, student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学
Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学
(slang) male high school student
shuttle bus (typically provided for employees or students by a company or school)
admissions office (for enrolling students) (abbr. for 招生辦公室|招生办公室)
to group students into classes / to divide people (staff members etc) into groups
(statistics) Student's t-test
Basic Competence Test for Junior High School Students (Tw), abbr. for 國民中學學生基本學力測驗|国民中学学生基本学力测验
dropout student
(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
question bank (for examiners creating an exam, or students preparing for an exam)
brilliant student
student graduating in the current year / recent graduate
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 華僑學生|华侨学生)
to make a student write sth out many times, as a punishment / writing lines
school official responsible for supervising the students (old)
to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
a great number of students (idiom)
(Tw) class composed of gifted students

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