小学生

• 拼音: xiǎo xué shēng
• 汉字拆解: 小 = small; 学 = learning/school; 生 = person/student — a person at primary school

含义

Primary school student; elementary school pupil.

Refers to a child enrolled in 小学 (primary school), typically aged six to twelve. The word is also used informally and sometimes self-deprecatingly by adults to describe unsophisticated knowledge or childlike behaviour. In internet slang, 小学生 can imply immaturity or naivety.

例句

1. 她是一名二年级的小学生。
2. 小学生们早上七点半到学校。
3. 这道题对小学生来说有点难。

用法指南

语境: education, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 他还是小学生，别太严格了。(He's still a primary school pupil, don't be too strict.)
• 小学生要每天做作业。(Primary school pupils need to do homework every day.)

错误说法

• 用'小学生'形容大学生或成年人（除非是开玩笑）。(Don't call a university student or adult a 小学生 seriously — it implies childishness)

起源与历史

Compound of 小学 (primary school) + 生 (student; person). 生 in an academic context means student or scholar, as in 学生 (student) and 先生 (teacher/mister).

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal