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
- 生物 living creatures and plants; forms of life ; life; biology
- 枝节横生(枝節橫生) side issues keep arising
- 生活垃圾 domestic garbage
- 救生圈 life buoy; life belt; (jocularly) flab; spare tire
- 正生 Zhengsheng
- 寒武纪生命大爆发(寒武紀生命大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
- 生生不息 to grow and multiply without end
- 生物传感器(生物傳感器) biosensor
- 学生会(學生會) student union
- 生死关头(生死關頭) the critical moment; life and death crisis
- 生产成本(生產成本) production costs
- 人生朝露 human life as the morning dew; ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
- 强生(強生) Johnson
- 生物工程学(生物工程學) biotechnology
- 两生类(兩生類) class Amphibia
- 转生(轉生) reincarnation; transmigration
- 生儿育女(生兒育女) to bear and raise children
- 精神生物学(精神生物學) behavioral neuroscience; biological psychology; biopsychology
- 生殖期 reproductive period
- 寄生植物 a parasitic plant
- 生卒年 dates of birth and death
- 生物圈 biosphere
- 诸生(諸生) Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
- 卫生局(衛生局) health office; bureau of hygiene
- 微生物学(微生物學) microbiology
- 生产者(生產者) producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc); manufacturer; autotroph
- 寄生蝇(寄生蠅) a parasitic fly
- 半生不熟 underripe; half-cooked; not mastered (of a technique); clumsy; halting
- 陆生(陸生) terrestrial (animal, species)
- 生冷 raw or cold
- 水生 aquatic (plant, animal)
- 生育率 birth rate
- 学生运动(學生運動) student movement
- 新生命 a new life
- 笔下生花(筆下生花) to write elegantly
- 生皮 pelt; raw hide
- 老生 venerable middle-aged or elderly man
- 荼毒生灵(荼毒生靈) to torment the people
- 生态学(生態學) ecology
- 鸟不生蛋,狗不拉屎(鳥不生蛋,狗不拉屎) (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate; god-forsaken; remote and desolate
- 生产自救(生產自救) self-help
- 几不欲生(幾不欲生) almost not wanting to live
- 生理假 menstrual leave
- 精神生活 spiritual or moral life
- 忍辱偷生 to bear humiliation to save one's skin
- 积习生常(積習生常) accumulated habits give rise to a new norm
- 情急智生 inspiration in a moment of desperation
- 先生施教 as the teacher bestows his teachings
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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: 102
- 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: 96
Collocations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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
- 娣生 (娣生) 其娣生卓子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
- 生昭公 (生昭公) 生昭公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2