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On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

shēng ㄕㄥ

    • 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
    • student person engaged in a field

      bound form

    • male role in traditional opera

      bound form

    • life lifetime

      bound form

    • means of livelihood

      bound form

    • very intensely (as in 生疼 shēngténg)

      bound form

    • in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 shēnglāyìngzhuài)

      bound form

Other words read shēng

In the same tone

All 9 words read shēng

sheng with other tones

All 20 words read sheng in any tone

Other words read shēng

In the same tone

All 9 words read shēng

sheng with other tones

All 20 words read sheng in any tone

How 生 is written

    部首 radical
    生
    笔画 strokes
    5
    结构 structure
    独体字

    生 as a 部首

    生 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 5 under 生. Look a character up by the 生 radical

    Words with 生

    Starting with 生

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    Ending with 生

    All 273 words ending with 生

    Containing 生

    All 306 words containing 生

    Words with 生

    Starting with 生

    All 286 words starting with 生

    Ending with 生

    All 273 words ending with 生

    Containing 生

    All 306 words containing 生

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 生

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