考生 (kǎo shēng) means “exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam”. It is an HSK 2 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
考生们很紧张。
Kǎoshēngmen hěn jǐnzhāng.
The exam candidates are very nervous.
Updated: 2026-07-18