# 研究生 (yánjiūshēng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 研究生 (yánjiūshēng) means “graduate student; postgraduate”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: graduate student; postgraduate
- Pinyin: yánjiūshēng (yan2 jiu1 sheng1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 我姐姐是一名研究生。
  Wǒ jiějie shì yì míng yánjiūshēng.
  My older sister is a graduate student.

## Characters

- 研 (yán): to grind; study
- 究 (jiū): after all; to investigate
- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-jiu-sheng-graduate-student/

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