研 yán
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
研究生
yánjiūshēng
graduate student
Characters in this word
究 jiū
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 九 nine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
生 shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生 — life, lifetime
- Made of
- 𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他是研究生。 Tā shì yánjiūshēng. He is a graduate student.
- 研究生很忙。 Yánjiūshēng hěn máng. Graduate students are very busy.
- 她考上研究生。 Tā kǎo shàng yánjiūshēng. She got into graduate school.
Related words
- 研究 yánjiū to research; to study
- 研制 yánzhì to develop
- 研究所 yánjiūsuǒ research institute
- 讲究 jiǎngjiu to be particular
- 究竟 jiūjìng after all; exactly
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 男生 nánshēng schoolboy, male student
- 女生 nǚshēng schoolgirl, female student
- 生病 shēngbìng to fall ill
- 生气 shēngqì angry; to get angry
- 生日 shēngrì birthday