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

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.

遇到生字就查字典。

Yùdào shēngzì jiù chá zìdiǎn.

Look up any unfamiliar character in the dictionary.

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