shēng sheng

life, living, lifetime; birth

DEFINITIONS

生 shēng
  • to be born
  • to give birth
  • life
  • to grow
  • raw
  • uncooked
  • student

STROKES

WORDS

效 shēng xiào to take effect; to go into effect
育 shēng yù to bear; to give birth; to grow; to rear; to bring up (children); fertility
素 wéi shēng sù vitamin
锈 shēng xiù to rust; to grow rusty; to corrode; oxidization
态 shēng tài ecology
机 shēng jī opportunity to live; to reprieve from death; life force; vitality
疏 shēng shū unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed
自力更 zì lì gēng shēng regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac
yī shēng all one's life; throughout one's life
nǚ shēng schoolgirl; female student; girl
nán shēng schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)
人 mò shēng rén stranger
涯 shēng yá career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
wèi shēng health; hygiene; sanitation
死 shēng sǐ life or death
qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents)
实习 shí xí sheng intern (student)
服务 fú wù shēng server (at a restaurant)
chù sheng domestic animal; brute; bastard
活 xìng shēng huó sex life
来 shēng lái from birth; by one's nature
化 shēng huà biochemistry
xīn shēng new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student
huó shēng shēng real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)