生字

shēngzì

noun

Measure Word

一个生字 gè

Meanings

1 new character (in a textbook)
2 unfamiliar word
3 vocabulary to be learned

Characters

raw; unfamiliar

character; word

Examples

HSK 3

遇到生字就查字典。

Yùdào shēngzì jiù chá zìdiǎn.

Look up any unfamiliar character in the dictionary.

HSK 4

这课有二十个生字要背。

Zhè kè yǒu èrshí gè shēngzì yào bèi.

This lesson has twenty new words to memorize.

Tips

memory

Literally 'raw character' - 生 also means raw or unfamiliar, as in 陌生 (strange) or 生人 (stranger).

Stroke Order

生 shēng

字 zì