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

Stroke order

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Words containing 生

Word Meaning
to derive; to give rise to; derivative
young man; youth; young generation
to be born with; to be gifted with
to celebrate a birthday; to give a birthday party
lifeboat
lifeline
to bring up (children); to raise; to bear
shelled peanuts
Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
symbiosis
life buoy; life belt; spare tire
native; original; indigenous
growing as a thicket; overgrown
to earn a living
work; (coll.) job
all living things
a life raft
to lose all interest in life (idiom)
palaeontologist; paleobiologist
to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
to give birth to a child or children
alkaloid
the mass of common people; every living being (Buddhism)
to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together
twin (attributive); twins