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university student · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 大生 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 大生; on the Mainland it is 大学生 - both point at “university student”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 大生、大學生 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
大学生 is HSK 1 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 大生 | 大学生 |
| Reading | ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄥ dà shēng | dà xué shēng ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥ |
| Senses | (Tw) university student (abbr. for 大學生|大学生) | university student; college student |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 1 |
| MOE records | 大生 · 大學生 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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