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生
Trad. 生
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(Bushou)		 生
Radical 100
Composition
Strokes 5
Decomp. 生癀癨
牛 + 一
Prononciation
Mandarin shēng
Entry Methods
Pinyin sheng1
Kanji /
Cangjie
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竹手一
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CNS 11643 1-466D
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生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
Results beginning with 生
生活 shēng huó life / activity / to live / livelihood
生产 shēng chǎn to produce / to manufacture / to give birth to a child
生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature / CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]
生物 shēng wù organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL:個|个[ge4]
生日 shēng rì birthday / CL:個|个[ge4]
生存 shēng cún to exist / to survive
生态 shēng tài ecology
生意 shēng yi business / CL:筆|笔[bi3]
生意 shēng yì life force / vitality
生气 shēng qì to get angry / to take offense / angry / vitality / liveliness
生成 shēng chéng to generate / to produce / generated / produced
生长 shēng zhǎng to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
生死 shēng sǐ life or death
生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
生育 shēng yù to bear / to give birth / to grow / to rear / to bring up (children) / fertility
生理 shēng lǐ physiology
生动 shēng dòng vivid / lively
生机 shēng jī opportunity to live / to reprieve from death / life force / vitality
生病 shēng bìng to fall ill
生效 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect
生化 shēng huà biochemistry
生出 shēng chū to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce
生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac
生怕 shēng pà to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to
生殖 shēng zhí to reproduce / to flourish
生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living
生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life
生下 shēng xià to give birth to
生性 shēng xìng natural disposition
生源 shēng yuán supply of students / source of students
生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children
生计 shēng jì livelihood
生灵 shēng líng (literary) the people / living thing / creature
生硬 shēng yìng stiff / harsh
生人 shēng rén stranger / living person / to give birth / to be born (in a certain time or place)
生字 shēng zì new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
生姜 shēng jiāng fresh ginger
生还 shēng huán to return alive / to survive
生辉 shēng huī to dazzle / to brighten up (a room etc)
生锈 shēng xiù to rust / to grow rusty / to corrode / oxidization
生疏 shēng shū unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed
生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament
生发 shēng fā to emerge and grow / to develop
生辰 shēng chén birthday
生铁 shēng tiě pig iron
生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire
生菜 shēng cài lettuce / raw fresh vegetables / greens
生息 shēng xī to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)
生吃 shēng chī to eat raw
生擒 shēng qín to capture alive
生财 shēng cái to make money
生母 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother
生猛 shēng měng full of life / violent / brave / fresh (of seafood)
生词 shēng cí new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
生鲜 shēng xiān fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
生父 shēng fù biological father
生疼 shēng téng extremely painful
生涩 shēng sè unripe / tart / not fully proficient / somewhat shaky
生厌 shēng yàn to disgust / to pall / fed up / tedious / cloying / boring / irritating
生水 shēng shuǐ unboiled water
生养 shēng yǎng to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear
生冷 shēng lěng (of food) raw or cold
生灭 shēng miè life and death
生肉 shēng ròu raw meat
生光 shēng guāng to emit light
生手 shēng shǒu novice / new hand / sb new to a job
生米 shēng mǐ coarse rice / uncooked rice
生僻 shēng pì unfamiliar / rarely seen
生分 shēng fen estranged
生皮 shēng pí pelt / raw hide
生丝 shēng sī raw silk
生漆 shēng qī raw lacquer
生抽 shēng chōu light soy sauce
生达 Shēng dá Sinda, name of former county 1983-1999 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
生番 shēng fān barbarian / aboriginal savage
生粉 shēng fěn cornflour / starch powder (cooking)
生技 shēng jì biotechnology / abbr. for 生物技術|生物技术 / (Tw) abbr. for 生物科技
生煎 shēng jiān shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
生境 shēng jìng habitat
生就 shēng jiù to be born with / to be gifted with
生来 shēng lái from birth / by one's nature
生啤 shēng pí draft beer / unpasteurized beer
生热 shēng rè to generate heat
生事 shēng shì to make trouble
生苔 shēng tái mossy
生土 shēng tǔ (agr.) immature soil / virgin soil
生畏 shēng wèi to feel intimidated
生鏽 shēng xiù variant of 生銹|生锈, to get rusty / to rust / to corrode / oxidization
生药 shēng yào unprocessed medicinal herb
生员 shēng yuán scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
生愿 shēng yuàn desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā) / craving for rebirth
生造 shēng zào to coin (words or expressions)
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生产线 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line
生产力 shēng chǎn lì production capability / productive force / productivity
生命力 shēng mìng lì vitality
生物学 shēng wù xué biology
生活费 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony
生产者 shēng chǎn zhě producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc) / manufacturer / (biology) autotroph
生殖器 shēng zhí qì reproductive organ / genitals
生产率 shēng chǎn lu:4 productivity / efficiency of production
生理学 shēng lǐ xué physiology
生力军 shēng lì jūn fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force
生命线 shēng mìng xiàn lifeline
生活区 shēng huó qū living community
生态学 shēng tài xué ecology
生活馆 shēng huó guǎn living museum
生鱼片 shēng yú piàn sashimi
生物钟 shēng wù zhōng biological clock
生产国 shēng chǎn guó producing country
生意经 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense
生产队 shēng chǎn duì production team
生物体 shēng wù tǐ organism
生态型  ecotype
生物圈 shēng wù quān biosphere / ecosphere
生长素 shēng zhǎng sù auxin (plant growth hormone)
生物碱 shēng wù jiǎn alkaloid
生石灰 shēng shí huī calcium oxide CaO / quicklime
生育率 shēng yù lu:4 birth rate
生物界 shēng wù jiè biosphere / natural world
生物链 shēng wù liàn food chain
生啤酒 shēng pí jiǔ draft beer / unpasteurized beer
生日卡 shēng rì kǎ birthday card
生殖力 shēng zhí lì fertility
生石膏 shēng shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster
生殖腺 shēng zhí xiàn gonad / reproductive gland
生吗啡  crude morphine
生物的  biotic
生鸦片  raw opium
生命权  right to life
生产费  production charges
生荒地  non-cultivated lands
生产股 shēng chǎn gǔ Production Unit
生产科 shēng chǎn kē Production Section
生成树 shēng chéng shù spanning tree (in graph theory)
生词本 shēng cí běn vocabulary notebook
生词卡 shēng cí kǎ vocabulary flashcard
生词语 shēng cí yǔ vocabulary words (in language-learning books) / new or unfamiliar words
生达县 Shēng dá xiàn Sinda county, name of former county 1983-1999 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
生达乡 Shēng dá xiāng Sinda village in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
生发剂 shēng fà jì hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic
生粉水 shēng fěn shuǐ starch solution (cooking)
生父母 shēng fù mǔ biological parents / natural parents
生还者 shēng huán zhě survivor
生化学 shēng huà xué biochemistry
生活史 shēng huó shǐ life cycle / biological cycle
生煎包 shēng jiān bāo pan-fried dumpling
生姜丝 shēng jiāng sī shredded ginger
生冷字 shēng lěng zì obscure or archaic character
生理假 shēng lǐ jià menstrual leave (Tw)
生力面 shēng lì miàn instant noodles (old)
Approximate Results for 生
学生 xué sheng student / schoolchild
发生 fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out
产生 chǎn shēng to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate
先生 xiān sheng teacher / husband / doctor (dialect) / CL:位[wei4] / Mister (Mr.)
人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth)
医生 yī shēng doctor / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
卫生 wèi shēng health / hygiene / sanitation
女生 nu:3 shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl
一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life
出生 chū shēng to be born
招生 zhāo shēng to enroll new students / to get students
考生 kǎo shēng exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
陌生 mò shēng strange / unfamiliar
天生 tiān shēng nature / disposition / innate / natural
诞生 dàn shēng to be born
新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student
师生 shī shēng teachers and students
今生 jīn shēng this life
再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
终生 zhōng shēng throughout one's life / lifetime / lifelong
书生 shū shēng scholar / intellectual / egghead
养生 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
重生 chóng shēng to be reborn / rebirth
众生 zhòng shēng all living things
花生 huā shēng peanut / groundnut / CL:粒[li4]
野生 yě shēng wild / undomesticated
民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare
转生 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism)
平生 píng shēng all one's life
计生 jì shēng planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育
亲生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
为生 wéi shēng to make a living
逃生 táo shēng to flee for one's life
增生 zēng shēng growth (of organism) / proliferation / supernumerary candidate (in imperial examation system)
永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life
好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very / quite / properly / well / thoroughly
衍生 yǎn shēng to give rise to / to derive / derivative / derivation
畜生 chù sheng domestic animal / brute / bastard
滋生 zī shēng to breed / to flourish / to cause / to provoke / to create
丧生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life
来生 lái shēng next life
求生 qiú shēng to seek survival / to possess the will to live
毕生 bì shēng all one's life / lifetime
所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother)
催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
长生 cháng shēng long life
谋生 móu shēng to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living
丛生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
寄生 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic
初生 chū shēng newborn / nascent / primary (biology)
苍生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows / the common people
前生 qián shēng previous life / previous incarnation
萌生 méng shēng to burgeon / to produce / to conceive / to be in the initial stage
复生 fù shēng to be reborn / to recover / to come back to life / to regenerate
原生 yuán shēng original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware)
后生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man
水生 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal)
孪生 luán shēng (adj.) twin
半生 bàn shēng half a lifetime
降生 jiàng shēng to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader)
恒生 Héng Shēng Hang Seng (name)
写生 xiě shēng to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing
共生 gòng shēng symbiosis
余生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster)
强生 Qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company)
优生 yōu shēng eugenics / outstanding student
相生 xiāng shēng to engender one another
超生 chāo shēng to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy / to be reincarnated / to be lenient
救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving
派生 pài shēng to produce (from sth else) / to derive (from raw material) / derivative
差生 chà shēng weak student
轻生 qīng shēng a suicide / to commit suicide
庆生 qìng shēng to celebrate a birthday
横生 héng shēng to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly
维生 wéi shēng abbr. for 維持生活|维持生活[wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2]
老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
杀生 shā shēng to take the life of a living creature
接生 jiē shēng to deliver (a newborn child)
安生 ān shēng peaceful / restful / quiet / still
死生 sǐ shēng life or death / critical (event)
怎生 zěn shēng how / why
儒生 rú shēng Confucian scholar (old)
门生 mén shēng disciple / student (of a famous master)
独生 dú shēng only (child) / to be the sole survivor
仿生 fǎng shēng to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism / bionic / biomimetic
大生 dà shēng university student, abbr. for 大學生|大学生[da4 xue2 sheng1]
更生 gēng shēng resurrection / rebirth / reinvigorated / rejuvenated / a new lease of life
双生 shuāng shēng twin (attributive) / twins
营生 yíng shēng to earn a living
营生 yíng sheng (coll.) job / work
互生 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
晚生 wǎn shēng I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)
孳生 zī shēng to multiply / to breed
怕生 pà shēng fear of strangers / to be afraid of strangers (of small children)
偷生 tōu shēng to live without purpose
陆生 lù shēng terrestrial (animal, species)
武生 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera
诸生 zhū shēng Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
康生 Kāng Shēng Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
胎生 tāi shēng viviparity / zoogony
蔓生 màn shēng trailing plant / liana / creeper / overgrown
夹生 jiā shēng half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]
认生 rèn shēng shy with strangers
童生 tóng shēng candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
巴生 Bā shēng Klang (city in Malaysia)
次生 cì shēng derivative / secondary / sub-
对生 duì shēng (botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement
放生 fàng shēng to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
贡生 gòng shēng candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state
护生 hù shēng nursing student / (Buddhism) to preserve the lives of all living beings
捐生 juān shēng to sacrifice one's life
聊生 liáo shēng to earn a living (esp. with negative)
麻生 Má shēng Asō / (name) / ASŌ / Tarō / (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 2008-2009
怯生 qiè shēng shy
欺生 qī shēng to cheat strangers / to bully strangers / (of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with unfamiliar people
苏生 sū shēng to revive / to come back to life
贴生 tiē shēng male supporting actor in a Chinese opera
投生 tóu shēng reborn (of departed spirit) / to be reincarnated / to leave home for a new life
往生 wǎng shēng to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
尾生 Wěi Shēng Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) / sb who keeps to their word no matter what
斜生 xié shēng plagiotropic
须生 xū shēng see 老生[lao3 sheng1]
眼生 yǎn shēng unfamiliar / strange-looking
腋生 yè shēng axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem
正生 zhèng shēng starring male role in a Chinese opera
赘生 zhuì shēng excrescence / abnormal superfluous growth
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e卫生 ewèi shēng e-health
大学生 dà xué shēng university student / college student
毕业生 bì yè shēng graduate
研究生 yán jiū shēng graduate student / postgraduate student / research student
维生素 wéi shēng sù vitamin
小学生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student / schoolchild / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / (fig.) beginner
性生活 xìng shēng huó sex life
中学生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student
陌生人 mò shēng rén stranger
留学生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / (foreign) exchange student / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
卫生部 Wèi shēng bù Ministry of Health
卫生间 wèi shēng jiān bathroom / toilet / WC / CL:間|间[jian1]
做生意 zuò shēng yì to do business
学生会 xué sheng huì student union
微生物 wēi shēng wù microorganism
高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student
本科生 běn kē shēng undergraduate student
实习生 shí xí sheng intern (student)
抗生素 kàng shēng sù antibiotic
卫生局 wèi shēng jú health office / bureau of hygiene
新生儿 xīn shēng ér newborn baby / neonate
爱普生 Aì pǔ shēng Epson, Japanese electronics company
服务生 fú wù shēng server (at a restaurant)
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