(shēng wù) - living thing, organism, biology in Mandarin
shēngwùTraditional: 生物
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)
Stroke order
生
物
Examples
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The sea is full of all kinds of living things.
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She studies biology at university.
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Every kind of organism is important.
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This is a book on biology.
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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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