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
university student; college student
lifelong; throughout one's life; lifetime
to survive; to return alive
eternal life; to live forever; all one's life
recycling; to regenerate; regeneration
senior high school student
peanut butter
(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
to make a living
antibiotic
parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader
private life
to die; to lose one's life
wild; undomesticated
to flee for one's life
to earn a living; to work to support oneself
lifeguard
all one's life; lifetime
graduate
graduate student; postgraduate student; research student
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
biological father
to light a fire; to make a fire
to deliver (a newborn child)
livelihood