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 seek survival; to possess the will to live
half a lifetime
illegitimate child (male); love child; bastard
natural mother; birth mother
to come back to life; to be reborn; to recover
genitals; reproductive organ
life-saving; to save a life
student union
rebirth; to be reborn
newborn baby; neonate
since birth; for one's whole life
toilet paper; bathroom tissue
to be born; arrival of newborn
this life
biology
life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life
to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
to generate; to produce; produced
immortality
twin
to reproduce; to flourish
a way out of a predicament; a way to survive
Thomas Edison; Edison
vitality