生

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

    • to get angry (as in 生气)

Classifiers (measure words)

  • 生过一胎 tāi give birth to one litter or pregnancy's child

生 itself can also be a classifier

Other words read shēng

In the same tone

  • 声 shēng sound
  • 升 shēng ascend
  • 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
  • 牲 shēng domestic animal
  • 甥 shēng nephew

All 9 words read shēng

sheng with other tones

  • 省 shěng save
  • 胜 shèng victory
  • 乘 shèng four
  • 圣 shèng peerless
  • 盛 shèng flourishing

All 20 words read sheng in any tone

Other words read shēng

In the same tone

  • 聲 shēng sound
  • 昇 shēng ascend
  • 陞 shēng ascend
  • 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
  • 牲 shēng domestic animal

All 9 words read shēng

sheng with other tones

  • 省 shěng save
  • 勝 shèng victory
  • 乘 shèng four
  • 聖 shèng peerless
  • 盛 shèng flourishing

All 20 words read sheng in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 生

    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

    All 286 words starting with 生

    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

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