Sentence #483983 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 女生 is built
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女nǚfemale
女 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a woman kneeling with her arms folded.
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 女生
女 3 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.
Stroke order chart for 女生 (nǚshēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
女生 (nǚshēng) means “female student” or “girl”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it nǚshēng: nǚshēng. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 女生 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nusheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 女生 from the suggestions. Typing nusheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
女生 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 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). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
