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招生 (zhāo shēng) — to recruit students, to enroll new students

Definition

招生 means to enroll students — specifically schools recruiting new pupils or entrants. Unlike 招聘 (recruit/hire employees) and 招收 (broader, for workers or students), 招生 is used almost exclusively for educational institutions.

verb
to recruit studentsto enroll new students

Examples

  • 招生。
    Zhè suǒ dà xué měi nián jiǔ yuè kāi shǐ zhāo shēng.
    This university starts recruiting students every September.
  • 。
    Qù nián wǒ men xué xiào zhāo le wǔ bǎi míng xīn shēng.
    Last year our school recruited five hundred new students.
  • 招生？
    Nǐ liǎo jiě nà suǒ xué xiào de zhāo shēng tiáo jiàn ma?
    Do you understand the enrollment requirements of that school?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

招zhāorecruit
生shēngstudents

The 招 idea of recruiting and the 生 idea of students combine to mean enroll new students.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
召
召zhào招zhāo
Same sound today

招 pairs 扌, the hand part, with 召, which gives the sound, to show beckoning with the hand.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 6School & Education

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