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Meaning of 生

Pinyin shēng

Radical

生

Strokes

Definition

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow

Usage

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生 [shēng] 动 (Verb) 1. 一切可以发育的物体在一定条件下具有了最初的体积和重量，并能发展长大: 诞生 (to be born). 滋生 (to grow). 生长 (to grow up). [En.] Everything that can grow has gained its initial volume and weight under certain conditions and can develop and grow. 2. 造出: 生产 (to produce). [En.] To create. 3. 活的，有活力的: 生存 (to survive). 生命 (life). 生物 (living things). 生机 (vitality). 出生入死 (to go through life and death). 舍生取义 (to sacrifice one's life for righteousness). [En.] Living, full of life. 4. 有生命的东西的简称: 众生 (all living beings). 丧生 (to lose one’s life). 卫生 (hygiene). [En.] Abbreviation for living beings. 5. 生活，维持生活的: 生活 (to live). 生计 (livelihood). [En.] Life-related, to maintain life. 6. 整个生活阶段: 一生 (a lifetime). 平生 (one's whole life). 今生 (this life). [En.] Whole life stages. 7. 发出，起动: 生日 (birthday). 生气 (to get angry). 生效 (to take effect). 生花之笔 (a pen that shows creativity). 谈笑风生 (to be lively in conversation). [En.] To emit, to activate. 8. 使燃料燃烧起来: 生火 (to start a fire). [En.] To ignite fuel. 9. 植物果实不成熟: 生瓜 (unripe melon). [En.] Unripe fruits in plants. 10. 未经烧煮或未烧煮熟的: 生饭 (uncooked rice). 生水 (raw water). [En.] Not cooked or undercooked. 11. 不熟悉的，不常见的: 生疏 (unfamiliar). 生客 (stranger). 生字 (new characters). 陌生 (strange). [En.] Unfamiliar, rare. 12. 不熟练的: 生手 (novice). [En.] Inexperienced. 13. 未经炼制的: 生铁 (pig iron). [En.] Unrefined. 14. 硬: 态度生硬 (stiff attitude). [En.] Hard. 15. 甚，深: 生怕 (very afraid). 生疼 (to hurt a lot). [En.] Very, deep. 16. 正在学习的人: 学生 (student). 门生 (student). [En.] Someone who is learning. 17. 有学问或有专业知识的人: 儒生 (confucian scholar). 医生 (doctor). [En.] A knowledgeable person. 18. 传统戏剧里扮演男子的角色: 小生 (young male role). 老生 (old male role). 武生 (martial role). [En.] Male roles in traditional drama. 19. 词尾: 好生养 (good recovery). [En.] A suffix. 20. 姓: 生 (surname). [En.] A surname. 名 (Noun) 1. 生命: [En.] life. 2. 人的一生: [En.] a lifetime. 3. 生活: [En.] live. 4. 指生日: [En.] birthday. 5. 后生: [En.] offspring; descendent. 6. 生物: [En.] living things. 7. 生计: [En.] livelihood. 8. 学生: [En.] student. 9. 戏剧角色名: [En.] the male character in Beijing opera. 10. 妓女: [En.] prostitute. 11. 俘虏: [En.] captive. 12. 年长有学问、有德行的人: [En.] gentleman. 13. 儒生: [En.] scholar. 14. 通“性”: [En.] intelligence; natural endowment. 15. 姓: [En.] surname. 形 (Adjective) 1. 天生，生来: [En.] innate. 2. 生的，未煮熟的: [En.] uncooked. 3. 新鲜的: [En.] fresh. 4. 未开垦种植的: [En.] uncultured. 5. 生疏: [En.] strange; unfamiliar. 6. 具有活力的: [En.] vivid. 副 (Adverb) 1. 机械地，无意识地: [En.] mechanically. 2. 很、甚、极其: [En.] very.

生命 shēng mìng

life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature / CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]

生命力 shēng mìng lì

vitality

门生故吏 mén shēng gù lì

disciples and old followers or minor officials / one's intimate party-followers and students

春风吹又生 chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

Spring breeze blows again

发生 fā shēng

to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out

贫困生 pín kùn shēng

poor student

生物圈 shēng wù quān

biosphere / ecosphere

生姜 shēng jiāng

fresh ginger

学生 xué sheng

student / schoolchild

孪生 luán shēng

twin

孳生 zī shēng

to multiply / to breed

女生 nǚ shēng

schoolgirl / female student / girl

好生 hǎo shēng

(dialect) very / quite / properly / well / thoroughly

妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng

endlessly interesting (idiom) / very witty

学生娃 xué shēng wá

Student baby

娃娃生 wá wa shēng

infant's part in opera, usually played by child actor

娇生惯养 jiāo shēng guàn yǎng

pampered and spoiled since childhood

文教卫生 wén jiào wèi shēng

Culture, Education and Health

卵生 luǎn shēng

oviparity / ovipary

生厌 shēng yàn

to disgust / to pall / fed up / tedious / cloying / boring / irritating

生气勃勃 shēng qì bó bó

full of vitality

生机勃勃 shēng jī bó bó

full of vitality

勃勃生机 bó bó shēng jī

show great vitality / be full of life

生机勃发 shēng jī bó fā

Vibrant

医生 yī shēng

doctor / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

生存 shēng cún

to exist / to survive

大学生 dà xué shēng

university student / college student

孪生子 luán shēng zi

twins

显生宙 Xiǎn shēng zhòu

Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago

寄生 jì shēng

to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic

寄生虫 jì shēng chóng

parasite (biology) / (fig.) freeloader

寄生虫病 jì shēng chóng bìng

parasitosis / zoonosis / parasitic disease

寄生性 jì shēng xìng

parasitism

寄生物 jì shēng wù

parasite

寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng

lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren

生产方式 shēng chǎn fāng shì

production mode / mode of production

微生物 wēi shēng wù

microorganism

生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō

to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically

生产过剩 shēng chǎn guò shèng

overproduction

劫后余生 jié hòu yú shēng

after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life

劳动生产率 láo dòng shēng chǎn lǜ

labo(u)r productivity

计划生育 jì huà shēng yù

family planning

计划生育率 jì huà shēng yù lǜ

Family planning rate

舍生忘死 shě shēng wàng sǐ

bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils

生态 shēng tài

ecology

生态学 shēng tài xué

ecology

生怕 shēng pà

to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to

贪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ

greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck

怯生生 qiè shēng shēng

shy

生恐 shēng kǒng

for fear that

生息 shēng xī

to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)

招生 zhāo shēng

to enroll new students / to get students

惹事生非 rě shì shēng fēi

variant of 惹是生非[re3 shi4 sheng1 fei1]

惹是生非 rě shì shēng fēi

to stir up trouble

生意 shēng yì

life force / vitality

戎马生涯 róng mǎ shēng yá

army life (idiom) / the experience of war

择校生 zé xiào shēng

School choice student

生搬硬套 shēng bān yìng tào

rote / apply mechanically

民生凋敝 mín shēng diāo bì

the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

共生 gòng shēng

symbiosis

养生 yǎng shēng

to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)

卫生 wèi shēng

health / hygiene / sanitation

再生 zài shēng

to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration

再生产 zài shēng chǎn

producing a copy / to reproduce

生擒 shēng qín

to capture alive

生死攸关 shēng sǐ yōu guān

matter of life and death

生效 shēng xiào

to take effect / to go into effect

生产资料 shēng chǎn zī liào

means of production

新生 xīn shēng

new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student

生於 shēng yú

born

栩栩如生 xǔ xǔ rú shēng

vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life / realistic

素昧平生 sù mèi píng shēng

to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted / a complete stranger / not to know sb from Adam

晚生 wǎn shēng

I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)

自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng

regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance

槲寄生 hú jì shēng

mistletoe

节外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī

a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising

底栖生物 dǐ qī shēng wù

benthos

在校生 zài xiào shēng

internal student / student at school

做生意 zuò shēng yì

to do business

偷生 tōu shēng

to live without purpose

催生 cuī shēng

to induce labor / to expedite childbirth

生僻 shēng pì

unfamiliar / rarely seen

儒生 rú shēng

Confucian scholar (old)

生俘 shēng fú

capture (alive)

痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng

to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

欺生 qī shēng

to cheat strangers / to bully strangers / (of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with unfamiliar people

生活 shēng huó

life / activity / to live / livelihood

生死 shēng sǐ

life or death

生殖 shēng zhí

to reproduce / to flourish

有性生殖 yǒu xìng shēng zhí

sexual reproduction

生殖器 shēng zhí qì

reproductive organ / genitals

无性生殖 wú xìng shēng zhí

monogenesis / asexual reproduction / agamogenesis

生殖细胞 shēng zhí xì bāo

germ cell / reproductive cell

长生殿 cháng shēng diàn

Palace of Eternal Life

生母 shēng mǔ

natural mother / birth mother

毕生 bì shēng

all one's life / lifetime

生气 shēng qì

to get angry / to take offense / angry / vitality / liveliness

生涯 shēng yá

career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life

永生 yǒng shēng

to live forever / eternal life / all one's life

生动活泼 shēng dòng huó pō

be lively and vivid / be lively and invigorating