研究生

yán jiū shēng

HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Noun Uncommon

Definitions

1. graduate student
2. postgraduate student
3. research student

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Word relationships

Related words

3 items

硕士

shuò shì

master's degree

硕士 is a master's student or degree, a specific type of 研究生

博士

bó shì

doctor

博士 is a doctoral student or degree, another type of 研究生

本科生

běn kē shēng

undergraduate student

本科生 is an undergraduate student, contrasting with 研究生

Usage notes

Collocations

Commonly used with 读: 读研究生 (to pursue graduate studies). Also 考研究生 (to take graduate entrance exam).

Common mistakes

研究生 refers to graduate students in general, not specifically to researchers. For 'researcher', use 研究员.

Example Sentences

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我姐姐是研究生。

My older sister is a graduate student.

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Words Containing 研究生

研究生院

yán jiū shēng yuàn

graduate school

Child Words of 研究生

to be born

research

to grind

after all

研究生