旁听生

旁聽生

pángtīngshēng

noun #68,625

Measure Word

一名旁听生 míng

Meanings

1 auditing student
2 auditor (of a class)

Characters

Examples

他是这门课的旁听生,不参加考试。

Tā shì zhè mén kè de pángtīngshēng, bù cānjiā kǎoshì.

He is an auditor for this course and does not take the exam.

教授欢迎旁听生提问。

Jiàoshòu huānyíng pángtīngshēng tíwèn.

The professor welcomes auditors to ask questions.

Tips

memory

旁 (páng, 'beside') + 听 (tīng, 'listen') + 生 ('student') — a student listening from the side. They attend lectures but don't earn credit.

Stroke Order

旁 páng

听 tīng

生 shēng