shēng sheng

life, living, lifetime; birth

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

yǎn shēng to give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation
hòu shēng young generation; youth; young man
就 shēng jiù to be born with; to be gifted with
日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday; to give a birthday party
船 jiù shēng chuán lifeboat
命线 shēng mìng xiàn lifeline
养 shēng yǎng to bring up (children); to raise; to bear
米 huā shēng mǐ shelled peanuts
蓬荜辉 péng bì shēng huī Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling; see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光[peng2 bi4 sheng1 guang1]
gòng shēng symbiosis
圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy; life belt; (jocularly) flab; spare tire
yuán shēng original; primary; native; indigenous; proto-; stock (firmware)
cóng shēng growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
yíng shēng to earn a living
yíng sheng (coll.) job; work
zhòng shēng all living things
筏 jiù shēng fá a life raft
了无趣 liǎo wú shēng qù to lose all interest in life (idiom)
物学家 gǔ shēng wù xué jiā palaeontologist; paleobiologist
油然而 yóu rán ér shēng arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous; to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children
物碱 shēng wù jiǎn alkaloid
芸芸众 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism); the mass of common people
谈笑风 tán xiào fēng shēng to talk cheerfully and wittily; to joke together
shuāng shēng twin (attributive); twins