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 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
Results beginning with 生
 shēng huó life / activity / to live / livelihood
 shēng chǎn to produce / to manufacture / to give birth to a child
 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature / CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]
 shēng wù organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shēng rì birthday / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shēng cún to exist / to survive
 shēng tài ecology
 shēng yi business / CL:筆|笔[bi3]
 shēng yì life force / vitality
 shēng qì to get angry / to take offense / angry / vitality / liveliness
 shēng chéng to generate / to produce / generated / produced
 shēng zhǎng to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
 shēng sǐ life or death
 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
 shēng yù to bear / to give birth / to grow / to rear / to bring up (children) / fertility
 shēng lǐ physiology
 shēng dòng vivid / lively
 shēng jī opportunity to live / to reprieve from death / life force / vitality
 shēng bìng to fall ill
 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect
 shēng huà biochemistry
 shēng chū to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce
 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac
 shēng pà to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to
 shēng zhí to reproduce / to flourish
 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living
 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life
 shēng xià to give birth to
 shēng xìng natural disposition
 shēng yuán supply of students / source of students
 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children
 shēng jì livelihood
 shēng líng (literary) the people / living thing / creature
 shēng yìng stiff / harsh
 shēng rén stranger / living person / to give birth / to be born (in a certain time or place)
 shēng zì new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
 shēng jiāng fresh ginger
 shēng huán to return alive / to survive
 shēng huī to dazzle / to brighten up (a room etc)
 shēng xiù to rust / to grow rusty / to corrode / oxidization
 shēng shū unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed
 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament
 shēng fā to emerge and grow / to develop
 shēng chén birthday
 shēng tiě pig iron
 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire
 shēng cài lettuce / raw fresh vegetables / greens
 shēng xī to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)
 shēng chī to eat raw
 shēng qín to capture alive
 shēng cái to make money
 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother
 shēng měng full of life / violent / brave / fresh (of seafood)
 shēng cí new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
 shēng xiān fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
 shēng fù biological father
 shēng téng extremely painful
 shēng sè unripe / tart / not fully proficient / somewhat shaky
 shēng yàn to disgust / to pall / fed up / tedious / cloying / boring / irritating
 shēng shuǐ unboiled water
 shēng yǎng to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear
 shēng lěng (of food) raw or cold
 shēng miè life and death
 shēng ròu raw meat
 shēng guāng to emit light
 shēng shǒu novice / new hand / sb new to a job
 shēng mǐ coarse rice / uncooked rice
 shēng pì unfamiliar / rarely seen
 shēng fen estranged
 shēng pí pelt / raw hide
 shēng sī raw silk
 shēng qī raw lacquer
 shēng chōu light soy sauce
 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
 shēng fān barbarian / aboriginal savage
 shēng fěn cornflour / starch powder (cooking)
 shēng jì biotechnology / abbr. for 生物技術|生物技术 / (Tw) abbr. for 生物科技
 shēng jiān shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
 shēng jìng habitat
 shēng jiù to be born with / to be gifted with
 shēng lái from birth / by one's nature
 shēng pí draft beer / unpasteurized beer
 shēng rè to generate heat
 shēng shì to make trouble
 shēng tái mossy
 shēng tǔ (agr.) immature soil / virgin soil
 shēng wèi to feel intimidated
 shēng xiù variant of 生銹|生锈, to get rusty / to rust / to corrode / oxidization
 shēng yào unprocessed medicinal herb
 shēng yuán scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
 shēng yuàn desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā) / craving for rebirth
 shēng zào to coin (words or expressions)
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线 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line
 shēng chǎn lì production capability / productive force / productivity
 shēng mìng lì vitality
 shēng wù xué biology
 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony
 shēng chǎn zhě producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc) / manufacturer / (biology) autotroph
 shēng zhí qì reproductive organ / genitals
 shēng chǎn lu:4 productivity / efficiency of production
 shēng lǐ xué physiology
 shēng lì jūn fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force
线 shēng mìng xiàn lifeline
 shēng huó qū living community
 shēng tài xué ecology
 shēng huó guǎn living museum
 shēng yú piàn sashimi
 shēng wù zhōng biological clock
 shēng chǎn guó producing country
 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense
 shēng chǎn duì production team
 shēng wù tǐ organism
  ecotype
 shēng wù quān biosphere / ecosphere
 shēng zhǎng sù auxin (plant growth hormone)
 shēng wù jiǎn alkaloid
 shēng shí huī calcium oxide CaO / quicklime
 shēng yù lu:4 birth rate
 shēng wù jiè biosphere / natural world
 shēng wù liàn food chain
 shēng pí jiǔ draft beer / unpasteurized beer
 shēng rì kǎ birthday card
 shēng zhí lì fertility
 shēng shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster
 shēng zhí xiàn gonad / reproductive gland
  crude morphine
  biotic
  raw opium
  right to life
  production charges
  non-cultivated lands
 shēng chǎn gǔ Production Unit
 shēng chǎn kē Production Section
 shēng chéng shù spanning tree (in graph theory)
 shēng cí běn vocabulary notebook
 shēng cí kǎ vocabulary flashcard
 shēng cí yǔ vocabulary words (in language-learning books) / new or unfamiliar words
 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
 Shēng dá xiāng Sinda village in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
 shēng fà jì hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic
 shēng fěn shuǐ starch solution (cooking)
 shēng fù mǔ biological parents / natural parents
 shēng huán zhě survivor
 shēng huà xué biochemistry
 shēng huó shǐ life cycle / biological cycle
 shēng jiān bāo pan-fried dumpling
 shēng jiāng sī shredded ginger
 shēng lěng zì obscure or archaic character
 shēng lǐ jià menstrual leave (Tw)
 shēng lì miàn instant noodles (old)
Approximate Results for 生
 xué sheng student / schoolchild
 fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out
 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
 xiān sheng teacher / husband / doctor (dialect) / CL:位[wei4] / Mister (Mr.)
 rén shēng life (one's time on earth)
 yī shēng doctor / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
 wèi shēng health / hygiene / sanitation
 nu:3 shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl
 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life
 chū shēng to be born
 zhāo shēng to enroll new students / to get students
 kǎo shēng exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
 mò shēng strange / unfamiliar
 tiān shēng nature / disposition / innate / natural
 dàn shēng to be born
 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student
 shī shēng teachers and students
 jīn shēng this life
 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
 zhōng shēng throughout one's life / lifetime / lifelong
 shū shēng scholar / intellectual / egghead
 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
 chóng shēng to be reborn / rebirth
 zhòng shēng all living things
 huā shēng peanut / groundnut / CL:粒[li4]
 yě shēng wild / undomesticated
 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare
 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism)
 píng shēng all one's life
 jì shēng planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育
 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
 wéi shēng to make a living
 táo shēng to flee for one's life
 zēng shēng growth (of organism) / proliferation / supernumerary candidate (in imperial examation system)
 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life
 hǎo shēng (dialect) very / quite / properly / well / thoroughly
 yǎn shēng to give rise to / to derive / derivative / derivation
 chù sheng domestic animal / brute / bastard
 zī shēng to breed / to flourish / to cause / to provoke / to create
 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life
 lái shēng next life
 qiú shēng to seek survival / to possess the will to live
 bì shēng all one's life / lifetime
 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother)
 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
 cháng shēng long life
 móu shēng to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living
 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic
 chū shēng newborn / nascent / primary (biology)
 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows / the common people
 qián shēng previous life / previous incarnation
 méng shēng to burgeon / to produce / to conceive / to be in the initial stage
 fù shēng to be reborn / to recover / to come back to life / to regenerate
 yuán shēng original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware)
 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man
 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal)
 luán shēng (adj.) twin
 bàn shēng half a lifetime
 jiàng shēng to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader)
 Héng Shēng Hang Seng (name)
 xiě shēng to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing
 gòng shēng symbiosis
 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster)
 Qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company)
 yōu shēng eugenics / outstanding student
 xiāng shēng to engender one another
 chāo shēng to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy / to be reincarnated / to be lenient
 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving
 pài shēng to produce (from sth else) / to derive (from raw material) / derivative
 chà shēng weak student
 qīng shēng a suicide / to commit suicide
 qìng shēng to celebrate a birthday
 héng shēng to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly
 wéi shēng abbr. for 維持生活|维持生活[wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2]
 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
 shā shēng to take the life of a living creature
 jiē shēng to deliver (a newborn child)
 ān shēng peaceful / restful / quiet / still
 sǐ shēng life or death / critical (event)
 zěn shēng how / why
 rú shēng Confucian scholar (old)
 mén shēng disciple / student (of a famous master)
 dú shēng only (child) / to be the sole survivor
仿 fǎng shēng to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism / bionic / biomimetic
 dà shēng university student, abbr. for 大學生|大学生[da4 xue2 sheng1]
 gēng shēng resurrection / rebirth / reinvigorated / rejuvenated / a new lease of life
 shuāng shēng twin (attributive) / twins
 yíng shēng to earn a living
 yíng sheng (coll.) job / work
 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
 wǎn shēng I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)
 zī shēng to multiply / to breed
 pà shēng fear of strangers / to be afraid of strangers (of small children)
 tōu shēng to live without purpose
 lù shēng terrestrial (animal, species)
 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera
 zhū shēng Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
 Kāng Shēng Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
 tāi shēng viviparity / zoogony
 màn shēng trailing plant / liana / creeper / overgrown
 jiā shēng half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]
 rèn shēng shy with strangers
 tóng shēng candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
 Bā shēng Klang (city in Malaysia)
 cì shēng derivative / secondary / sub-
 duì shēng (botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement
 fàng shēng to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
 gòng shēng candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state
 hù shēng nursing student / (Buddhism) to preserve the lives of all living beings
 juān shēng to sacrifice one's life
 liáo shēng to earn a living (esp. with negative)
 Má shēng Asō / (name) / ASŌ / Tarō / (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 2008-2009
 qiè shēng shy
 qī shēng to cheat strangers / to bully strangers / (of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with unfamiliar people
 sū shēng to revive / to come back to life
 tiē shēng male supporting actor in a Chinese opera
 tóu shēng reborn (of departed spirit) / to be reincarnated / to leave home for a new life
 wǎng shēng to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
 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
 xié shēng plagiotropic
 xū shēng see 老生[lao3 sheng1]
 yǎn shēng unfamiliar / strange-looking
 yè shēng axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem
 zhèng shēng starring male role in a Chinese opera
 zhuì shēng excrescence / abnormal superfluous growth
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e卫 ewèi shēng e-health
 dà xué shēng university student / college student
 bì yè shēng graduate
 yán jiū shēng graduate student / postgraduate student / research student
 wéi shēng sù vitamin
 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student / schoolchild / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / (fig.) beginner
 xìng shēng huó sex life
 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student
 mò shēng rén stranger
 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / (foreign) exchange student / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
 Wèi shēng bù Ministry of Health
 wèi shēng jiān bathroom / toilet / WC / CL:間|间[jian1]
 zuò shēng yì to do business
 xué sheng huì student union
 wēi shēng wù microorganism
 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student
 běn kē shēng undergraduate student
 shí xí sheng intern (student)
 kàng shēng sù antibiotic
 wèi shēng jú health office / bureau of hygiene
 xīn shēng ér newborn baby / neonate
 Aì pǔ shēng Epson, Japanese electronics company
 fú wù shēng server (at a restaurant)
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