生 shēng
HSK 1 character · 5 strokes · radical 生
Meanings
- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
Words with 生
- 先生 xiān sheng: teacher
- 学生 xué sheng: student
- 医生 yī shēng: doctor
- 生病 shēng bìng: to fall ill
- 生日 shēng rì: birthday
- 生气 shēng qì: to get angry; to be furious
- 出生 chū shēng: to be born
- 发生 fā shēng: to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 生活 shēng huó: to live
- 生命 shēng mìng: life (as the characteristic of living beings)
- 研究生 yán jiū shēng: graduate student
- 做生意 zuò shēng yì: to do business
Example sentences
她是医生。
She is a doctor.
Tatoeba #334971 by fucongcong (CC BY 2.0 FR)
他是医生。
He is a doctor.
Tatoeba #348032 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)
你是学生吗？
Are you a student?
Tatoeba #352933 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)
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