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女生

nǚ shēng

HSK 1 · word 278 of 3,000

Meaning

• schoolgirl
• female student
• girl

Example sentence

Characters in 女生

• 女 nǚ female
• 生 shēng to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

女 female plus 生, which here is a student rather than the verb to be born. It is a school and campus word, not a general term for a woman.

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