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title: "Xuezi Meaning: 学子 (student) or 靴子 (boots)?"
description: "学子 (traditional 學子, xuézǐ) means “student”. Not the xuezi you heard? See 靴子. Hear its tones, see what 学 and 子 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/xuezi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 学子 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

学子 xuézǐ

## student

## Its characters

1. 学 xué to study
2. 子 zǐ son

## In a sentence

每年都有很多学子来这里求学。 Every year many students come here to study.

[More about 学子](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%AD%A6%E5%AD%90)

## Other words said xuezi

- [靴子xuēziboots](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%9D%B4%E5%AD%90)

## More words with 学 or 子

- [办学 bànxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banxue)
- [包子 bāozi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baozi)
- [被子 bèizi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/beizi)
- [本子 běnzi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benzi)
- [鼻子 bízi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bizi)
- [脖子 bózi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bozi)
- [虫子 chóngzi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chongzi)
- [袋子 dàizi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daizi)
- [大学 dàxué](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxue)
- [大学生 dàxuéshēng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daxuesheng)

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