女生 nǚ shēng
“schoolgirl; female student; girl”
noun, name2021 list level 1
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
女生 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 788: 女生 nǚshēng — Level 3; official annotation 3 (名). PDF page 99
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 女生
Noun meaning 'girl, female student'. It is the everyday word for girls in a school or class setting and pairs with 男生. It takes ordinary classifiers like 个、位、名 and can be pluralized with 们.
例句Example sentences
- 我们班有二十个学生，其中十二个是女生。wǒ men bān yǒu èr shí gè xué sheng, qí zhōng shí èr gè shì nǚ shēng.There are twenty students in our class, twelve of whom are girls.
- 那个穿红裙子的女生是我的同学。nà ge chuān hóng qún zǐ de nǚ shēng shì wǒ de tóng xué.That girl in the red dress is my classmate.
- 下课后女生们都去操场打球了。xià kè hòu nǚ shēng men dōu qù cāo chǎng dǎ qiú le.After class all the girls went to the playground to play ball.
易混词Easily confused
女生vs女孩
女生 usually means a female student or a girl in a school/class context and pairs with 男生. 女孩 means 'girl, young female' and is used outside school too; it typically refers to a young or relatively young female, not women of any age.