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出生

chū shēng
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Verb Common

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Definitions

  1. 1. to be born

Usage notes

Common mistakes

出生 is intransitive; you cannot say 出生孩子 (to give birth to a child). Use 生孩子 instead.

Formality

出生 is neutral and common in spoken and written Chinese, while 诞生 is formal and used for founders, leaders, or ideas.

Example Sentences

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出生 在北京。
I was born in Beijing.
我的祖籍是山东,但我在北京 出生
My ancestral hometown is Shandong, but I was born in Beijing.
她幾點 出生 ?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 734839)
出生 在韓國。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13189765)
我在1979年 出生
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 611074)

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