学生

See also: 學生

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 学生 – see 學生 (“student; pupil; disciple; follower”). (This term is the simplified form of 學生).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
学	生
がく Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
學生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 學生 (MC haewk sraeng). The use of the 呉音 (go'on, literally “Wu sound”) reading for the first character and the 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading for the second character suggests either an innovation within Japanese, or later influence from another dialect of Chinese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がくせー [gàkúséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟̊se̞ː]
Audio: (file)

(non-native speaker)

Noun

学(がく)生(せい) • (gakusei)

a student (usually of a university, sometimes of a high school)

Hyponyms

一(いち)年(ねん)生(せい) (ichinensei, “freshman”)
二(に)年(ねん)生(せい) (ninensei, “sophomore”)
三(さん)年(ねん)生(せい) (sannensei, “junior”)
四(よ)年(ねん)生(せい) (yonensei, “senior”)

Derived terms

学(がく)生(せい)証(しょう) (gakuseishō, “student ID card”)
小(しょう)学(がく)生(せい) (shōgakusei, “primary (elementary, grade) school student”)
中(ちゅう)学(がく)生(せい) (chūgakusei, “middle (junior high) school student”)
大(だい)学(がく)生(せい) (daigakusei, “college student”)
大(だい)学(がく)院(いん)生(せい) (daigakuinsei, “graduate student”)
JG (joshi gakusei, “schoolgirl”)

Related terms

高(こう)校(こう)生(せい) (kōkōsei, “high school student”)
児(じ)童(どう) (jidō, “primary school pupil”)
生(せい)徒(と) (seito, “pupil, student up to high school”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
学	生
がく Grade: 1	しー Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
學生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 学生 (gakusei).

Noun

学(がく)生(しー) (gakushī)

a student

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[ZAJ-4] Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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