Korean word

대학생

Pronunciation

Romanizationtaehakssaeng

나는 대학생이라서 등록금이 걱정이에요.na neun tae hak ssaeng i ra seo teung nok kkeu mi keok jjeong i e yo

I'm a college student, so I'm worried about tuition.

대학생들은 주말에 아르바이트를 많이 해요.tae hak ssaeng deu reun chu ma re a reu ba i teu reul ma ni hae yo

College students often work part-time on weekends.

A person moving through the undergraduate years at a university.

학생hakssaeng: A learner who belongs to a school and attends classes.
재학생chaehakssaeng: A student with active enrollment at a school.

학부(학사 과정)에 소속되어 대학 수업을 듣는 학생hak ppu hak ssa kwa jeong e so sok ttoe eo tae hak su eo beul teun neun hak ssaeng

The word joins the Sino-Korean terms for university and student, making its formation easy to connect with university study.

In introductions, the word states university status without saying a major or year, so those details are added separately when relevant.