生物

shēng

Traditional: 生物

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Translation

living thing, organism, biology

Word origin

A compound of 生 (shēng, to live) and 物 (wù, thing), literally a living thing, also used as the short form for the discipline of biology.

Origin
compound
Root
生 (shēng, to live) + 物 (wù, thing)

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Examples

The sea is full of all kinds of living things.

She studies biology at university.

Every kind of organism is important.

This is a book on biology.

Scientists discovered a new kind of organism.

生物 (shēng wù) is a noun meaning a living thing or organism, and by extension the field of biology. It covers animals, plants and all forms of life.

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This word is part of lesson 33.