中学生 (zhōng xué shēng) — middle school student; high school student

Definition

A middle/high school student (ages ∼12–18). Compare 小学生 (elementary) and 大学生 (university).

noun

middle school studenthigh school student

Measure word · 个

中学生。
Wǒ shì zhōng xué shēng.
I am a middle school student.
中学生。
zhōng xué shēng Zài xué xiào kàn shū.
The middle school student is reading a book at school.
中学生。
zhōng xué shēng Yǒu sān běn shū.
The middle school student has three books.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

中学middle school

偏正Modifier + head

The middle-school setting combines with the person meaning to name a student.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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