书生 (shū shēng): meaning and stroke order
书生 (shū shēng) means scholar, intellectual, egghead.
书生
- Simplified
- 书生
- Traditional
- 書生
- Pinyin
- shū shēng
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Stroke order of 书生
书
- Shū abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- shū book; letter
- 4 strokes
- Traditional form: 書
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生
- shēng to be born; to give birth
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 书生
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shū shēng
Traditional 書生
- scholar
- intellectual
- egghead
Radicals of the characters
- 书
- Radical 乙 (Kangxi radical 5) · 4 strokes
- 生
- Radical 生 (Kangxi radical 100) · 5 strokes · built from 𠂉 and 土
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
书生 in our stories
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她爱上了一个穷书生，不顾天上的规矩，跟他结了婚，还生了一个儿子，叫沉香。
tā ài shàng le yí gè qióng shūshēng búgù tiānshàng de guīju gēn tā jié le hūn hái shēng le yí gè érzi jiào Chénxiāng
She fell in love with a poor scholar and, ignoring the rules of heaven, married him and had a son called Chenxiang.
From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
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明朝的时候，书生顾青去京城考试，路上下起了大雨，只好在一座没有人的老庙里过夜。
Míngcháo de shíhou shūshēng Gù Qīng qù jīngchéng kǎoshì lù shàng xià qǐ le dà yǔ zhǐhǎo zài yí zuò méiyǒu rén de lǎo miào lǐ guòyè
In the Ming dynasty, a scholar called Gu Qing was travelling to the capital for the examinations. Caught in a downpour, he had to spend the night in an old, deserted temple.
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
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他变成一个白衣书生，找到袁守诚，故意问：“你说明天什么时候下雨，下多少？”
tā biànchéng yí gè báiyī shūshēng zhǎodào Yuán Shǒuchéng gùyì wèn nǐ shuō míngtiān shénme shíhou xiàyǔ xià duōshao
He turned himself into a scholar in white, found Yuan Shoucheng and asked on purpose, "Tell me: when will it rain tomorrow, and how much?"
From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 书生
- Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).