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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 研究生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
研究生 yán jiū shēng - graduate student
- postgraduate student
- research student

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 4 9,714 4,337 7,687

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
研 yán- to grind
- study
- research
究 jiū- after all
- to investigate
- to study carefully
- Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 研究生

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
研究生 4 4 9,714 4,337 7,687