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学生
xué shēng



学生
pupil


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学生
     1. Simplified form of 學生
學生xuéshēng
     1. n. student; pupil
           學生 時代 - student days
           學生 手冊 - student handbook
           一 位 認真 的 學生 - a conscientious student
           提高 學生 素質 - to improve the calibre of students
           誘發 學生 寫作 興趣 的 方法 - methods of arousing students' interest in writing
           我 不 是 學生,我 是 工程師。 - I am not a student, I am an engineer.
           大多數 學生 考 完 了 試。 - Most of the students have finished the exam.
           學生 身邊 帶 著着zhe 手機。 - The students have mobile phones with them.
           請 你們 選出 幾 位 學生 代表 來 參加。 - Please select a few student representatives to participate.
     2. n. disciple; follower
English > Chinese
pupil
     1. 名词. 学生
     2. 名词. 瞳孔
Components
     1. Variant of 學
     2. Variant of 孛
     1. Variant of 勃
     2. Variant of 渤
     3. Variant of 脖
     4. Variant of 餑
xué, xiáo
     1. to learn; to study
           學習 - to study; to learn
           我 打算 學 攝影。 - I plan to learn photography.
           我 父母親 希望 我 學 醫,但是 我 不 願意。 - My parents hoped I would study medicine, but I didn't want to.
           老師 叫 極 佢 都 唔 肯 學 講 唔該。 - He refuses to learn to say thank you, even though his teacher asked him many times.
     2. to imitate; to copy; to mimic
           鸚鵡 學 人 語。 - Parrots imitate human speech.
           我 妹妹 什麼 都 學 我。 - My little sister likes to copy everything I do.
           學 人哋 用 叉 食飯 - imitate others and use a fork to eat
     3. school
           上學 - to go to school
           小學 - primary school
           學費 - school fees
     4. learning; knowledge
           求學 - to seek knowledge
           才疏學淺 - to be of humble talent and shallow learning
     5. theory; doctrine
           儒學 - Confucianism
     6. subject; branch of learning; science; -ology
           化學 - chemistry
           生物學 - biology
           哲學 - philosophy
     7. (obsolete) Alternative form of 斆 (to teach; to instruct; to train)
     8. (zh-used, 學鳩)
shēng, shēn
     1. to live; to subsist; to exist
     2. to grow; to develop; to bud
     3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear
           他 妻子 生 了 一 對 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls.
     4. to be born; to come into existence
           他 生 在 中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China.
     5. pupil; disciple; student
           你 作為 全日制 生 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis.
     6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar
     7. (opera) actor or male character
     8. Short for 先生 (gentleman)
     9.    (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生 (Mr.)
     10.   陳 生 - Mr. Chan
     11. having life; live
           (syn, zh, 活)
           規矩 係 死 嘅,人 係 生 嘅。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not.
           條 魚jyu4-2 啱啱 喺 條 河 度 釣 上soeng5 嚟,仲 係 生saang1 嘅。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive.
     12. life; existence; being; living
           殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life
     13. fresh; not stale
     14. unripe
     15. raw; uncooked
           (ant, zh, 熟)
           生 洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions
           我 覺gok3得 呢ni1 塊 肉 仲係 太 生。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw.
     16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage
           生 黎 (shēng Lí) - wild Li
     17. strange; unfamiliar
           生人 (shēngrén) - stranger
     18. mechanically; forcedly
     19. very; quite; extremely
           生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of
     20. vivid; strong; forceful
     21. innate; natural; born with
     22. living things; organism
     23. livelihood; subsistence
           謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living
     24. lifetime; all one's life
           來生 (láishēng) - afterlife
     25. birthday; anniversary
           慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday
     26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue
     27. to generate; to breed; to create
     28. to manufacture; to produce
     29. to happen; to occur; to take place
     30. to catch (a disease)
           我 生 了 什麼 病? (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got?
           生seⁿ蛇 (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN
     31. to be infested by a parasite
           生 跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas
           生 蝨乸 - to be infested with lice
     32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated
     33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle
     34. to light; to ignite (a fire)
           母親 沒 有 生 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove.
     35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇).
           (syn, zh, 仩)
     36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person
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