生 shēng
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shēng
verb
to be born; to give birth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: In the sense of 出生 or 生育, an intransitive verb (Kroll 2015 '生' 2; ABC 'shēng' v 1; Ci Yuan '生' 2) -
shēng
verb
to live
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A verb in literary Chinese and a bound morpheme in modern Chinese in the sense of 生活 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' sv 1; Ci Yuan '生' 3; GHC '生' 5) -
shēng
adjective
raw
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
Notes: In the sense of 生的 (Kroll 2015 '生' 3; ABC 'shēng' sv 3; Ci Yuan '生' 7; GHC '生' 6) -
shēng
noun
a student
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese, as in 学生 (Kroll 2015 '生' 5; ABC 'shēng' bf 3; GHC '生' 9) -
shēng
noun
life
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese, as in 生活 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1b; ABC 'shēng' bf 1; Ci Yuan '生' 4, 5) -
shēng
verb
to produce; to give rise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 生产 (Kroll 2015 '生' 2a; ABC 'shēng' v 3; GHC '生' 1). For example, 天生德於予 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me.' (Lunyu 7:22) -
shēng
adjective
alive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 活的 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' sv 1; Ci Yuan '生' 3; GHC '生' 3) -
shēng
adjective
a lifetime
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 一生or 一辈子 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1b; Ci Yuan '生' 6) -
shēng
verb
to initiate; to become
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 生病 or 生气 -
shēng
verb
to grow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 生长 (Ci Yuan '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' v 2; GHC '生' 1) -
shēng
adjective
unfamiliar
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 生疏, as in new vocabulary 生词 (Kroll 2015 '生'' 3a; Ci Yuan '生' 7; GHC '生' 7) -
shēng
adjective
not experienced
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in a new hand 生手 (Kroll 2015 '生'' 3a; GHC '生' 6) -
shēng
adjective
hard; stiff; strong
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 硬 (ABC 'shēng' sv 6; GHC '生' 12) -
shēng
adverb
very; extremely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 什 or 甚 (ABC 'shēng' adv; Ci Yuan '生' 13; GHC '生' 11) -
shēng
noun
having academic or professional knowledge
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 医生 'doctor', often used in this sense as a courtesy title for a scholar (Kroll 2015 '生' 5; Ci Yuan '生' 11; GHC '生' 8) -
shēng
noun
a male role in traditional theatre
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
Notes: As in 小生 'young boy' or 老生 'old man' (ABC 'shēng' bf 4; Ci Yuan '生' 12; GHC '生' 10) -
shēng
noun
gender
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 男生 'male' or 女生 'female' (GHC '生' 16) -
shēng
verb
to develop; to grow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'shēng' v 2) -
shēng
verb
to set up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 安装 (ABC 'shēng' v 4). -
shēng
noun
a prostitute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 妓女. -
shēng
noun
a captive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 俘虏. -
shēng
noun
a gentleman
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 先生. -
shēng
noun
Kangxi radical 100
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Born (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
shēng
adjective
unripe
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
Notes: (ABC 'shēng' sv 2; Ci Yuan '生' 7) -
shēng
noun
nature
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 本性 (Ci Yuan '生' 9; GHC '生' 14) -
shēng
verb
to inherit; to succeed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 继承 (Ci Yuan '生' 10) -
shēng
noun
destiny
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 生命 (GHC '生' 4)
Contained in
- 养生(養生) to keep in good health; to keep fit
- 生产(生產) to produce; to manufacture ; to give birth ; production
- 男生 schoolboy; male student; boy; guy; young adult male
- 卫生(衛生) hygiene ; to maintain good health
- 生态圈(生態圈) ecosphere
- 老生常谭(老生常譚) a scholarly but banal observation
- 半生 half a lifetime
- 生长(生長) to grow
- 再发生(再發生) to reoccur
- 九死一生 nine deaths and still alive; a narrow escape
- 原生动物(原生動物) protozoan
- 独生子女(獨生子女) an only child
- 死里逃生(死裡逃生) mortal danger, escape alive; a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teeth
- 野生生物 wildlife; creatures in the wild; wild organism
- 先生施教 as the teacher bestows his teachings
- 生活水平 living standards
- 生皮 pelt; raw hide
- 麻生 Asō
- 早死早超生 to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated; to get it over with
- 原生生物 protist; primitive organism
- 生杀大权(生殺大權) life-and-death power; ultimate power
- 永不生锈的螺丝钉(永不生銹的螺絲釘) a screw that never rusts — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷锋, to whom the metaphor is attributed
- 浮游生物 plankton
- 分子生物学(分子生物學) molecular biology
- 高材生 student of great ability
- 半生潦倒 reckless waste of half my life
- 寸草不生 not even a blade of grass grows; barren
- 鱼生火,肉生痰,青菜豆腐保平安(魚生火,肉生痰,青菜豆腐保平安) fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
- 生奶油 cream; whipped cream
- 相生 to give rise to one another
- 亲生(親生) one's own
- 戎马生涯(戎馬生涯) army life; the experience of war
- 生生 generation after generation ; uninterupted growth ; to earn a living ; to live ; truly still alive
- 世界卫生大会(世界衛生大會) World Health Assembly
- 人生一世,草木一春 Man has but one life, grass but one spring . the brevity of human existence
- 统一招生(統一招生) national unified entrance exam
- 在生 while alive; during one's lifetime
- 寒武纪生命大爆发(寒武紀生命大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
- 生态(生態) ecology
- 算命先生 fortune-teller
- 民不聊生 The people have no way to make a living
- 撩是生非 to stir up trouble; to provoke angry exchange
- 轮生(輪生) verticillate
- 维生(維生) to subsist /to eke out a living; to keep body and soul together
- 卫生衣(衛生衣) sweatshirt
- 尿生殖管道 urinogenital tract
- 生物测定(生物測定) bioassay
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- 卷二十九 志第十九 符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 177
- 卷六十三 志第十六 五行二上 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Five Elements 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 157
- 卷七十三下 表第十三下 宰相世系三下 Volume 73b Tables 18: Chancellors Genealogy 3b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 151
- 卷七十五下 表第十五下 宰相世系五下 Volume 75b Tables 22: Chancellors Genealogy 5b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 128
- 卷七十二下 表第十二下 宰相世系二下 Volume 72c Tables 16: Chancellors Genealogy 2c New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 112
- 卷七十二上 表第十二上 宰相世系二上 Volume 72a Tables 14: Chancellors Genealogy 2a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 111
- 卷四 墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 107
- 卷七十一下 表第十一下 宰相世系一下 Volume 71b Tables 13: Chancellors Genealogy 1b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 106
- 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 101
- 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 95
Collocations
- 归生 (歸生) 歸生奚齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
- 彭生 (彭生) 使公子彭生乘公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
- 葛生 (葛生) 葛生 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧葛生 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Ge Sheng — count: 5
- 姬生 (姬生) 大戎狐姬生重耳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
- 申生 (申生) 生秦穆夫人及大子申生 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
- 子生 (子生) 仲子生而有文在其手 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 厚生 (厚生) 厚生 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
- 生之后 (生之後) 我生之後 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧兔爰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Tu Yuan — count: 3
- 生桓公 (生桓公) 生桓公而惠公薨 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2
- 生厉 (生厲) 誰生厲階 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧桑柔 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Sang Rou — count: 2