生
- 34th most frequent character
- Adds ~0.35% to your reading coverage
- 1 dictionary entry
- Appears in 742 words
- Component in 25 characters
Decomposition
Pinyin & Meaning
1. shēng (sheng1)to be born • to give birth • life • to grow • raw, uncooked
Pronunciation Clues
1. Pronunciation clue for 生 shēng (sheng1)The component 生 is pronounced as 'shēng' (sheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
Example Words
Common
rén shēng (ren2 sheng1)life (one's time on earth)
xiān sheng (Xian1 sheng5)Mister (Mr.)
xiān sheng (xian1 sheng5)teacher • husband • doctor (topolect) • CL:位[wei4]
nǚ shēng (nu:3 sheng1)schoolgirl • female student • girl
shēng mìng (sheng1 ming4)life • living • biological • CL:個|个[ge4]
shēng rì (sheng1 ri4)birthday • CL:個|个[ge4]
shēng huó (sheng1 huo2)life • activity • to live • livelihood
Uncommon
yī shēng (yi1 sheng1)all one's life • throughout one's life
yī shēng yī shì (yi1 sheng1 yi1 shi4)a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
sān shēng yǒu xìng (san1 sheng1 you3 xing4)the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) • (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
jīn shēng (jin1 sheng1)this life
zài shēng (zai4 sheng1)to be reborn • to regenerate • to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) • recycling • regeneration
chū shēng (chu1 sheng1)to be born
tiān shēng (tian1 sheng1)nature • disposition • innate • natural
xiǎo xué shēng (xiao3 xue2 sheng1)primary school student • schoolchild • CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]
xīn shēng (xin1 sheng1)new • newborn • emerging • nascent • rebirth • regeneration • new life • new student
mín shēng (min2 sheng1)people's livelihood • people's welfare
huó shēng shēng (huo2 sheng1 sheng1)real (people) • living (artist) • while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
shēng huà (sheng1 hua4)biochemistry
shēng zǐ (sheng1 zi3)to give birth to a child or children
shēng cún (sheng1 cun2)to exist • to survive
shēng pà (sheng1 pa4)to fear • afraid • extremely nervous • for fear that • to avoid • so as not to
shēng yi (sheng1 yi5)business • CL:筆|笔[bi3]
shēng chéng (sheng1 cheng2)to generate • to produce • generated • produced
shēng sǐ (sheng1 si3)life or death
shēng yá (sheng1 ya2)career
shēng wù (sheng1 wu4)organism • living creature • life form • biological • CL:個|个[ge4]
shēng lǐ (sheng1 li3)physiology
shēng bìng (sheng1 bing4)to fall ill
shēng xiào (sheng1 xiao4)12 animals symbolic of the Terrestrial Branches
shēng yù (sheng1 yu4)to bear • to give birth • to grow • to rear • to bring up (children)
shēng cài (sheng1 cai4)lettuce • raw fresh vegetables • greens
chǎn shēng (chan3 sheng1)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 • to appear • appearance • emergence • generation • production • yield
nán shēng (nan2 sheng1)schoolboy • male student • boy • guy (young adult male)
liú xué shēng (liu2 xue2 sheng1)student studying abroad • (foreign) exchange student • CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
chù sheng (chu4 sheng5)domestic animal • brute • bastard
yán jiū shēng (yan2 jiu1 sheng1)graduate student • postgraduate student • research student
kǎo shēng (kao3 sheng1)exam candidate • student whose name has been put forward for an exam
huā shēng (hua1 sheng1)peanut • groundnut • CL:粒[li4]
qīn shēng (qin1 sheng1)born to oneself (i.e. one's natural child) • having born oneself (i.e. one's natural parent)
táo shēng (tao2 sheng1)to flee for one's life
chóng shēng (chong2 sheng1)rebirth
yě shēng (ye3 sheng1)wild • undomesticated
mò shēng (mo4 sheng1)strange • unfamiliar
mò shēng rén (mo4 sheng1 ren2)a stranger
yǎng shēng (yang3 sheng1)to look after one's health • to keep fit • maintaining good health • health preservation
gāo zhōng shēng (gao1 zhong1 sheng1)senior high school student