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生
生
shēng
v. have a baby, give birth to; grow; come into existence; beget; light (fire)
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Other meanings
[shēng]n. The lead (refers to the main male role in Beijing opera. This role has numerous subtypes)
[shēng]adj. new, unfamiliar, strange
[shēng]adj./adv. raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; just, simply; very
[shēng]radical. life
[shēng]char. scholar; pupil, student; people taking up certain jobs as their occupation
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
生 life (for 生)丿 slash (for 生)
CHARACTERS CONTAINING '生'
'生' is part of the following simplified words: 姓 嬎 性 惺 旌 星 湦 牲 猩 甥 眚 笙 胜 腥 蕤 醒 隆 鼪
'生' is part of the following traditional words: 姓 嬎 性 惺 旌 星 湦 牲 猩 產 甥 眚 笙 腥 蕤 醒 鏟 隆 鼪
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
出生
出生
chū shēng
v. be born
母狗生了五只小狗。
母狗生了五隻小狗。
mú gǒu shēng le wǔ zhī xiáo gǒu .
phr. The female dog gave birth to five whelps.
产生
產生
chǎn shēng
v. bring forth, produce, arise
生长
生長
shēng zhǎng
v. (of plants) to grow; (of a person) to be born and brought up
生效
生效
shēng xiào
sep-v. go in effect, become effective
生火
生火
shēng huǒ
v. to make a fire
急中生智
急中生智
jí zhōng shēng zhì
idiom. to suddenly hit upon a way out of a predicament