shēng sheng

life; to be born; raw

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 34th character
Radical ⽣ (100.0)
Strokes 5
Index # 263

Definitions

生 shēng
  1. 1. life
  2. 2. to be born
  3. 3. raw
  4. 4. uncooked
  5. 5. student
  6. 6. to grow
  7. 7. to give birth

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Words containing 生

Word Meaning
to take effect; to go into effect
to give birth; fertility; to bear
vitamin
to rust; to grow rusty; to corrode
ecology
vitality; life force; opportunity to live
unfamiliar; strange; not accustomed
self-reliance
animal from the Chinese zodiac
all one's life; throughout one's life
girl; female student; schoolgirl
boy; guy (young adult male); male student
stranger
career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
hygiene; sanitation; health
life or death
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth)
intern (student)
server (at a restaurant)
bastard; domestic animal; brute
sex life
from birth; by one's nature
biochemistry
new; new student; emerging
real (people); living (artist)