生
Meanings
1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
2. to arise; to occur
3. to light (a fire)
4. to live; to be alive
5. life
6. raw; uncooked; unprocessed
7. unfamiliar; strange
8. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field
9. (bound form) male role in traditional opera
10. (bound form) life; lifetime
11. (bound form) means of livelihood
12. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼 (shēngténg))
13. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 (shēnglāyìngzhuài))
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Examples45
这
It's a matter of life and death.
我
I was born in 1988.
你
Do you want to get married first or have a child first?
她
When was she born?
他
He was born in the 19th century.
她
She recently gave birth.