HSK 2 · School

留学生

liú xué shēng

international student

Stroke order of 留学生

3 characters, 23 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

留 · 10 strokes 学 · 8 strokes 生 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

留 is staying put by a field 田, 学 is study, 生 is a sprout: a person staying to study.

Parts: 留 stay + 学 study + 生 student

The characters in 留学生

留 liú — to stay; to keep (10 strokes)
学 xué — to learn (8 strokes)
生 shēng — to give birth; to be born; raw (5 strokes)

Example sentence

他是一个留学生。

He is an international student.

Words with 留

留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 留学to study abroad 保留to keep; to retain

Words with 学

学校school 学生student 同学classmate 大学university 大学生college student 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 中学middle school 中学生middle school student 学院college; institute 教学楼classroom building 上学to go to school 放学to finish school 学to learn 学习to study; to learn 科学家scientist 教学teaching 中小学primary and secondary schools

Words with 生

先生Mr.; sir 生日birthday 学生student 大学生college student 小学生primary school student 中学生middle school student 男生male student; boy 女生female student; girl 生病to get sick 医生doctor 生气angry; to get angry 一生all one's life 出生to be born 生to give birth; to be born; raw 生活life; to live 考生examinee 生词new word 生意business; trade

More words: School

教室classroom 课堂classroom; class 教学teaching 教育education; to educate 年级grade; year (in school)高中senior high school 中小学primary and secondary schools 开学school starts 校园campus 学期semester; term 小组group 黑板blackboard 考生examinee 科subject; department 组group

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