生

shēng

Part of speech
adjective
Level
HSK 3
  1. 1to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
  2. 2to arise; to occur
  3. 3to light (a fire)
  4. 4to live; to be alive
  5. 5life
  6. 6raw; uncooked; unprocessed
  7. 7unfamiliar; strange
  8. 8(bound form) student; person engaged in a field
  9. 9(bound form) male role in traditional opera
  10. 10(bound form) life; lifetime
  11. 11(bound form) means of livelihood
  12. 12(bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2])
  13. 13(bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])

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