HSK 3.0 Level 1 · School

中学生 zhōngxuéshēng “middle-school student” in Chinese

Traditional 中學生

What 中学生 means

  1. middle-school student
  2. high school student

How to say 中学生

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale中zhōng1st tone, high and level
  • 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

中学生 in a sentence

  1. 过去，我是中学生，现在我是大学生。

    Guòqù, wǒ shì zhōngxuéshēng, xiànzài wǒ shì dàxuéshēng.

    I used to be a high school student; now I’m a university student.

    Sentence #333482 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我姐姐是中学生。

    Wǒ jiějie shì zhōngxuéshēng.

    My older sister is in high school.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  3. 很多中学生喜欢打篮球。

    Hěn duō zhōngxuéshēng xǐhuan dǎlánqiú.

    Lots of high school students like playing basketball.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 中学生 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 中 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
中zhōngwithin; among; in
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 丨line · gǔn

Memory aidA line 丨 through the centre of a box 口: the middle.

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 中学生

中 4 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.

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

Words related to 中学生

Words with 中

中午zhōngwǔ · noon中国Zhōngguó · China中学zhōngxué · middle school高中gāozhōng · senior high school中zhōng · middle中间zhōngjiān · middle中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language初中chūzhōng · junior high school其中qízhōng · among中旬zhōngxún · middle third of a month

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小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary 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

小学xiǎoxué · elementary school小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student学xué · to learn中学zhōngxué · middle school本子běnzi · book词cí · word高中gāozhōng · senior high school开学kāixué · to start a new school term

FAQs

中学生 (zhōngxuéshēng) means “middle-school student” or “high school student”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it zhōngxuéshēng: zhōng with a 1st 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, 中学生 is written 中學生. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongxuesheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 中学生 from the suggestions. Typing zhongxuesheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
中学生 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.