Kilo Lingo

生

shēng

Traditional: 生

#1052 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to be born, to give birth, raw, life

Word origin

A pictograph of a young plant sprouting from the ground (the line of earth at the base), giving the core meanings of to grow, to be born and life.

Origin
pictographic
Root
a sprout rising from the earth line, depicting growth

Stroke order

Stroke order for 生

生

Examples

。

She gave birth to a boy.

。

This fish is still raw.

九jiǔ九jiǔ零líng。

He was born in 1990.

。

Do not be angry any more.

树shù虫chóng。

Many insects have appeared on the tree.

生 (shēng) means to be born, to give birth, raw, life. It is a versatile word, mostly a verb but also an adjective for uncooked.

Appears in 17 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 生.

先生xiān shēngMr., sir; husband (informal)发生fā shēngto happen, to occur生活shēng huólife, to live, livelihood医生yī shēngdoctor, physician生命shēng mìnglife (of a living being)人生rén shēnglife, human life生气shēng qìangry, get angry生意shēng yìbusiness, trade学生xué shēngstudent一生yì shēnga lifetime, all one's life生日shēng rìbirthday出生chū shēngto be born, birth生存shēng cúnto survive, to exist, survival生物shēng wùliving thing, organism, biology产生chǎn shēngto produce, to give rise to, to bring about生病shēng bìngto fall ill, to get sick女生nǚ shēnggirl, female student

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This word is part of lesson 22.