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
(courteous language) it's my good fortune...
fig. barren; lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)
to make trouble out of nothing
gross domestic production (GDP); total output value
to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy
previous life; previous incarnation
quite; properly; well
to arise at an opportune time
to inhabit; to live (in a habitat)
knack of doing business; business sense
biological clock
productivity; production capability; productive force
growth hormone
separated in life and death; to part for ever
student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student
proliferation; growth (of organism)
new generation
to make money
to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
to conceive; to be in the initial stage; to burgeon
to arouse deep feelings
cowardly; cling to life and fear death
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
(fig.) not mastered (of a technique); clumsy; halting
endlessly interesting (idiom); very witty