生 (shēng)
to be born; raw/uncooked; life
How 生 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Traditional
- 生
- Simplified
- 生 (unchanged)
Common words using 生
- 人生 rénshēng
- life (one's time on earth)
- 先生 xiānsheng
- Mister (Mr.)
- 女生 nǚshēng
- schoolgirl; female student; girl
- 學生 xuésheng
- student; schoolchild
- 生命 shēngmìng
- life; living; biological
- 生日 shēngrì
- birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 生活 shēnghuó
- life; activity; to live
- 發生 fāshēng
- to happen; to occur; to take place
- 一生 yīshēng
- all one's life; throughout one's life
- 一生一世 yīshēngyīshì
- a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
- 三生有幸 sānshēngyǒuxìng
- the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom); (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
- 今生 jīnshēng
- this life
生 in a sentence
你敢吃生魚片嗎？
Nǐ gǎn chī shēngyúpiàn ma?
“Do you dare to eat raw fish (sashimi)?”
How common is 生?
生 is the 34th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 25.5% of all running text.
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