The character "生" has 5 strokes. "生" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "生" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "生" are "shēng" . View the stroke order of "生">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "生"

v.: grow; give birth to; bear; produce; be born; come into being/existence; breed; beget; create; cause; light (a fire); live; exist

n.: intellectual; scholar; pupil; student; sheng; people taking up certain jobs as their occupation; life; (all) one's life; life time; means to maintain life; (means of) livelihood; stranger

adj.: alive; living; green; unripe; raw; uncooked; crude; unprocessed; unrefined; strange; unfamiliar; unacquainted; stiff; mechanical

adv.: just; simply; actually; very; much

Form words with "生"

重读生 repeater

生淀粉 uncooked starch

流失生 (school) dropout

生鸦片 raw opium

生炉子 light a stove

生皮革 rawhide; untanned hide; unprocessed hide

生口疮 have aphtha

交换生 exchange student (between two schools or universities)

生啤 draught beer

生一对双胞胎 give birth to twins

高考落榜生 student who fails the college entrance examination

生下来就是瞎子 be blind from birth

生自己的气 be angry with oneself;be angry with oneself

宁可站着死,绝不跪着生 would die on one's feet rather than live on one's knees

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