研究生 yán jiū shēng
“graduate student; postgraduate student; research student”
nounHSK 4 · 2021 list level 4
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
研究生 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 1847: 研究生 yánjiūshēng — Level 4; official annotation 4 (名). PDF page 126
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 研究生
研究生 means a graduate student or postgraduate student, someone studying after a bachelor's degree. It is a noun for the person, and it commonly appears with verbs like 读, 考, or 当, as in 读研究生 or 考研究生.
例句Example sentences
- 我姐姐在大学读研究生。wǒ jiě jie zài dà xué dú yán jiū shēng.My older sister is a graduate student at university.
- 他毕业后想考研究生。tā bì yè hòu xiǎng kǎo yán jiū shēng.After graduating, he wants to take the graduate school entrance exam.
- 这个学校有很多研究生。zhè ge xué xiào yǒu hěn duō yán jiū shēng.This school has many graduate students.