học sinh

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 學生, composed of 學 (“to learn”) and 生 (“learned person; student”), from Chinese 學生 / 学生 (xuéshēng, “student”). Compare Japanese 学生 (gakusei, “student”) and Korean 학생 (haksaeng, “student”). These cognates apply to students of all kinds, while this Vietnamese false friend only applies to primary and secondary pupils in modern times; the general word is sinh viên. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ sïŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ sɨn˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨ sɨn˧˧] === Noun === học sinh (archaic, education) a student (primary and secondary education) a pupil; a schoolchild/schoolkid Hypernym: học trò Coordinate terms: học viên, sinh viên, nghiên cứu sinh