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Keyword
birth
  • life
  • lifetime
  • growth
Frequency
#48
Strokes
5
Readings
shēng100%
Mnemonic
A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
发生fāshēng
to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fāshēngwèntí) "a problem arises")
生活shēnghuó
to live; life; livelihood
学生xuésheng
student; schoolchild
生产shēngchǎn
to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产生chǎnshēng
to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
生shēng
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; …
先生xiānsheng
teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor
生命shēngmìng
life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:条 (tiáo))
医生yīshēng
doctor; medical practitioner
人生rénshēng
life (one's time on earth)
生物shēngwù
organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio-
生态shēngtài
ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment); ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment); (fig.) ecosystem (a complex network, e.g. in tech, business or media, as in 数字生态 (shùzìshēngtài) "digital ecosystem")
卫生wèishēng
hygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation
大学生dàxuéshēng
university student; college student
女生nǚshēng
schoolgirl; female student; girl
生存shēngcún
to exist; to survive
一生yīshēng
all one's life; throughout one's life
生长shēngzhǎng
to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
生气shēngqì
to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
研究生yánjiūshēng
graduate student; postgraduate student; research student