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考生

kǎo shēng

HSK 2 · word 799 of 3,000

Meaning

• exam candidate
• student whose name has been put forward for an exam

Example sentence

Characters in 考生

• 考 kǎo to check
• 生 shēng to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

考 to sit an exam plus 生, a person in that role. The same 生 as in 学生 and 医生.

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