生

shēng ㄕㄥ

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. student person engaged in a field

   bound form

9. male role in traditional opera

   bound form

10. life lifetime

    bound form

11. means of livelihood

    bound form

12. very intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2])

    bound form

13. in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])

    bound form