<p>女生 just means girl. If you are an English speaker, ask yourself what is the deep meaning of girl and that will answer this question. There isn't a deep meaning in every single Chinese word/phrase.</p>

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2013-10-28T07:57:48.003Z
my teacher said it means: family name. that mothers give their family name to their children
user3427
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2013-10-28T17:07:45.433Z
I am sorry to say your teacher is wrong. Children take on their father's family name so that doesn't make any sense.
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2013-10-29T02:06:40.670Z
No, OP's teacher is correct when it is a historical topic. See [姓](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%93) and [氏](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%8F).
Stan
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2013-10-29T04:55:39.660Z
@Stan, I see my mistake. OP wrote 女生, which I perceived to be separate characters meaning girl or female. 姓  is a different story.
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<p>In mainland China, 女生 refers to school girls，in Taiwan 女生 refers to school girls and the girls who haven’t married yet</p>

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TaraWordoor
<p>It simply means girl, not necessary to stand for students or adolescents.</p>

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2013-10-28T02:08:13.297Z
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shuangwhywhy
<p>i'm trying to figure out the meaning of the term 女生.</p>

<p>I was told it's something deeper than "school girl"/"student girl"/not married"/"beauty"  or
anything like that.</p>

<p>I know that in separated one means birth and the other means female or woman but together..</p>

<p>Would appreciate your help on translating. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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2013-11-03T23:54:50.793Z
Can you please confirm if you mean 姓 or 女生. Can you also edit your question to show a problem that is not answered by a standard dictionary. If you are having a particular problem that cannot be answered by a dictionary please edit your question and then use "flag" to request a moderator to review.
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# deep meaning of 女生

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-10-27)

i'm trying to figure out the meaning of the term 女生.

I was told it's something deeper than "school girl"/"student girl"/not married"/"beauty" or
anything like that.

I know that in separated one means birth and the other means female or woman but together..

Would appreciate your help on translating.

Thanks.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you please confirm if you mean 姓 or 女生. Can you also edit your question to show a problem that is not answered by a standard dictionary. If you are having a particular problem that cannot be answered by a dictionary please edit your question and then use "flag" to request a moderator to review.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-10-28. Score: 6

女生 just means girl. If you are an English speaker, ask yourself what is the deep meaning of girl and that will answer this question. There isn't a deep meaning in every single Chinese word/phrase.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: my teacher said it means: family name. that mothers give their family name to their children  
> **username_2**: I am sorry to say your teacher is wrong. Children take on their father's family name so that doesn't make any sense.  
> **username_3**: No, OP's teacher is correct when it is a historical topic. See [姓](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%93) and [氏](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%8F).  
> **username_2**: @username_3, I see my mistake. OP wrote 女生, which I perceived to be separate characters meaning girl or female. 姓  is a different story.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2013-10-31. Score: 1

In mainland China, 女生 refers to school girls，in Taiwan 女生 refers to school girls and the girls who haven’t married yet


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### Answer by username_5 on 2013-10-28. Score: 1

It simply means girl, not necessary to stand for students or adolescents.


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