HSK 3.0 Level 1 · School

小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng “primary school student” in Chinese

Traditional 小學生

What 小学生 means

  1. primary school student
  2. schoolchild
  3. (fig.) beginner

Measure word 个 gè or 名 míng · 一个小学生 yí ge xiǎoxuéshēng

How to say 小学生

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale小xiǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale生shēng1st tone, high and level

小学生 in a sentence

  1. 我是小学生。

    Wǒ shì xiǎoxuéshēng.

    I’m a primary school student.

    Sentence #13138444 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 很多小学生学不好代数。

    Hěn duō xiǎoxuéshēng xué bu hǎo dàishù.

    Many primary school students struggle with algebra.

    Sentence #1394866 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我弟弟是小学生。

    Wǒ dìdi shì xiǎoxuéshēng.

    My younger brother is in primary school.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 小学生 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 小 (xiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
小xiǎosmall
  • 亅hook · jué
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidThree small strokes, like grains: small.

The character 学 (xué) with each of its parts in a different colour
学xuéto learn
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA roof 冖 over a child 子 at study.

The character 生 (shēng) drawn as one shape
生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce

生 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA shoot growing up out of the soil 土: to grow, to be born.

How to write 小学生

小 3 strokes · 学 8 strokes · 生 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

小学生 (xiǎoxuéshēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 小学生 (xiǎoxuéshēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 小学生

Words with 小

小xiǎo · small小姐xiǎojiě · miss小学xiǎoxué · elementary school小朋友xiǎopéngyǒu · child小时xiǎoshí · hour从小cóngxiǎo · from childhood小孩儿xiǎoháir · child小时候xiǎoshíhou · in one’s childhood小心xiǎoxīn · be careful小区xiǎoqū · residential estate

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate学校xuéxiào · school学习xuéxí · to study大学dàxué · university上学shàngxué · to go to school小学xiǎoxué · elementary school中学zhōngxué · middle school大学生dàxuéshēng · university student

Words with 生

医生yīshēng · doctor学生xuésheng · student先生xiānsheng · mr大学生dàxuéshēng · university student中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student生日shēngrì · birthday生病shēngbìng · to get sick生气shēngqì · angry女生nǚshēng · female student男生nánshēng · male student

More words: School & Work

上学shàngxué · to go to school下班xiàbān · to finish work下课xiàkè · to finish class小学xiǎoxué · elementary school学xué · to learn中学zhōngxué · middle school中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student本子běnzi · book

FAQs

小学生 (xiǎoxuéshēng) means “primary school student” or “schoolchild”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it xiǎoxuéshēng: xiǎo with a 3rd tone, then xué with a 2nd tone, then shēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 小学生 is written 小學生. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 名 (míng). For example, one primary school student is 一个小学生 (yí ge xiǎoxuéshēng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaoxuesheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 小学生 from the suggestions. Typing xiaoxuesheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
小学生 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.