shēng

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  1. 1. to be born
  2. 2. to give birth
  3. 3. life
  4. 4. to grow
  5. 5. raw
  6. 6. uncooked
  7. 7. student

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Words Containing 生

一生
yī shēng

all one's life; throughout one's life

中学生
zhōng xué shēng

middle-school student

人生
rén shēng

life (one's time on earth)

做生意
zuò shēng yì

to do business

先生
xiān sheng

teacher

再生
zài shēng

to be reborn

出生
chū shēng

to be born

丧生
sàng shēng

to die

土生土长
tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng

locally born and bred

大学生
dà xué shēng

university student

天生
tiān shēng

nature

女生
nǚ shēng

schoolgirl

学生
xué sheng

student

孪生
luán shēng

(adj.) twin

小学生
xiǎo xué shēng

primary school student

师生
shī shēng

teachers and students

抗生素
kàng shēng sù

antibiotic

招生
zhāo shēng

to enroll new students

新生
xīn shēng

new

生前
shēng qián

(of a deceased) during one's life

生动
shēng dòng

vivid

生命
shēng mìng

life (as the characteristic of living beings)

生命线
shēng mìng xiàn

lifeline

生存
shēng cún

to exist

生平
shēng píng

life (a person's whole life)

生怕
shēng pà

to fear

生意
shēng yì

life force

生意
shēng yi

business

生态
shēng tài

ecology

生成
shēng chéng

to generate

生效
shēng xiào

to take effect

生日
shēng rì

birthday

生机
shēng jī

opportunity to live

生死
shēng sǐ

life or death

生气
shēng qì

to get angry

生活
shēng huó

to live

生活费
shēng huó fèi

cost of living

生涯
shēng yá

career

生物
shēng wù

organism

生理
shēng lǐ

physiology

生产
shēng chǎn

to produce; to manufacture

生疏
shēng shū

unfamiliar

生病
shēng bìng

to fall ill

生硬
shēng yìng

stiff

生育
shēng yù

to bear

生词
shēng cí

new word (in textbook)

生锈
shēng xiù

to rust

生长
shēng zhǎng

to grow

产生
chǎn shēng

to arise; to come into being; to come about

男生
nán shēng

schoolboy

留学生
liú xué shēng

student studying abroad

毕业生
bì yè shēng

graduate

发生
fā shēng

to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

研究生
yán jiū shēng

graduate student

终生
zhōng shēng

throughout one's life

维生素
wéi shēng sù

vitamin

考生
kǎo shēng

exam candidate

自力更生
zì lì gēng shēng

regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)

花生
huā shēng

peanut

衍生
yǎn shēng

to give rise to

卫生
wèi shēng

health

卫生间
wèi shēng jiān

bathroom

亲生
qīn shēng

one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth)

诞生
dàn shēng

to be born

谋生
móu shēng

to seek one's livelihood

逃生
táo shēng

to flee for one's life

医生
yī shēng

doctor

野生
yě shēng

wild

陌生
mò shēng

strange

养生
yǎng shēng

to maintain good health

一回生两回熟
yī huí shēng liǎng huí shú

see 一回生二回熟[yī huí shēng èr huí shú]

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú

unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)

一年生
yī nián shēng

annual (botany)

一次生,两次熟
yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú

unfamiliar at first but you get used to it

一生一世
yī shēng yī shì

a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life

七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān

lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)

三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng

the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)

三江生态旅游区
sān jiāng shēng tài lǚ yóu qū

Sanjiang Ecological Tourist Area in Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[wèn chuān xiàn], northwest Sichuan

不事生产
bù shì shēng chǎn

not to do anything productive

不可再生资源
bù kě zài shēng zī yuán

nonrenewable resource

世界卫生大会
shì jiè wèi shēng dà huì

World Health Assembly

世界卫生组织
shì jiè wèi shēng zǔ zhī

World Health Organization (WHO)

世界野生生物基金会
shì jiè yě shēng shēng wù jī jīn huì

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

中生代
zhōng shēng dài

Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)

九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng

nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape

了却此生
liǎo què cǐ shēng

to die

了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù

to lose all interest in life (idiom)

二年生
èr nián shēng

biennial (botany)

互生
hù shēng

alternate leaf arrangement (botany)

互生叶
hù shēng yè

alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)

人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn

Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng

it's a small world (idiom)

人生地不熟
rén shēng dì bù shú

to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom)

人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng

life is but a dream (idiom)

人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù

human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù

human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi

life has its ups and downs (idiom)

人生短暂,学术无涯
rén shēng duǎn zàn , xué shù wú yá

Life is short, learning is limitless

人生路不熟
rén shēng lù bù shú

everything is unfamiliar

人非生而知之者,孰能无惑
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò

Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?

今生
jīn shēng

this life

仿生
fǎng shēng

to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism

仿生学
fǎng shēng xué

bionics

休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover

伴生气
bàn shēng qì

associated gas (petrochemical engineering)

但尼生
dàn ní shēng

Tennyson (name)

来生
lái shēng

next life

侍应生
shì yìng shēng

waiter

信贷衍生产品
xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn

credit derivative (in finance)

借腹生子
jiè fù shēng zǐ

surrogate pregnancy

值日生
zhí rì shēng

student on duty

做生日
zuò shēng rì

to celebrate a birthday

做生活
zuò shēng huó

to work

侧生动物
cè shēng dòng wù

parazoan (animal of the subkingdom Parazoa, mostly sponges)

偷生
tōu shēng

to live without purpose

催生
cuī shēng

to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby

催生婆
cuī shēng pó

midwife who induces labor

催生素
cuī shēng sù

oxytocin

催生者
cuī shēng zhě

driving force behind sth

优生
yōu shēng

eugenics

优生学
yōu shēng xué

eugenics

入伍生
rù wǔ shēng

newly enlisted officer student

内生的
nèi shēng de

endogenous

内科医生
nèi kē yī shēng

medical doctor; physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生[wài kē yī shēng]

全科医生
quán kē yī shēng

general practitioner

两生类
liǎng shēng lèi

class Amphibia

两颊生津
liǎng jiá shēng jīn

mouth-watering

公共卫生
gōng gòng wèi shēng

public health

共生
gòng shēng

symbiosis

再生不良性贫血
zài shēng bù liáng xìng pín xuè

aplastic anemia

再生制动
zài shēng zhì dòng

regenerative braking

再生水
zài shēng shuǐ

reclaimed water; recycled water

再生燃料
zài shēng rán liào

renewable fuel

再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ

like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

再生产
zài shēng chǎn

to reproduce

再生能源
zài shēng néng yuán

renewable energy source

再生资源
zài shēng zī yuán

renewable resource

再生医学
zài shēng yī xué

regenerative medicine

再发生
zài fā shēng

to reoccur

冒生命危险
mào shēng mìng wēi xiǎn

to risk one's life

准生证
zhǔn shēng zhèng

birth permit

出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ

from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water

出生地
chū shēng dì

birthplace

出生地点
chū shēng dì diǎn

place of birth

出生日期
chū shēng rì qī

date of birth

出生率
chū shēng lǜ

birthrate

出生缺陷
chū shēng quē xiàn

birth defect

出生证
chū shēng zhèng

birth certificate

出生证明
chū shēng zhèng míng

birth certificate

出生证明书
chū shēng zhèng míng shū

birth certificate

刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu

a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

分子生物学
fēn zǐ shēng wù xué

molecular biology

分生组织
fēn shēng zǔ zhī

meristem

初中生
chū zhōng shēng

junior high student

初生
chū shēng

newborn

初生之犊不怕虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ

see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ]

初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ

lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)

初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ

lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)

别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn

to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path

前半生
qián bàn shēng

first half of one's life

前生
qián shēng

previous life

前生冤孽
qián shēng yuān niè

predestined relationship

前生召唤
qián shēng zhào huàn

foreordination

劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng

(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity

动不动就生气
dòng bu dòng jiù shēng qì

to be quick to take offense; to have a short fuse

半生
bàn shēng

half a lifetime

半生不熟
bàn shēng bù shóu

underripe

厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng

lit. to praise the dead and revile the living

厚生劳动省
hòu shēng láo dòng shěng

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)

厚生相
hòu shēng xiàng

minister of health (of Japan, UK etc)

厚生省
hòu shēng shěng

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[hòu shēng láo dòng shěng])

原核生物
yuán hé shēng wù

prokaryote

原核生物界
yuán hé shēng wù jiè

Kingdom Monera

原核细胞型微生物
yuán hé xì bāo xíng wēi shēng wù

prokaryotic cell type microorganism

原生
yuán shēng

original

原生动物
yuán shēng dòng wù

protozoan (bacteria)

原生橄榄油
yuán shēng gǎn lǎn yóu

virgin olive oil

原生生物
yuán shēng shēng wù

protist

原生质
yuán shēng zhì

protoplasm

反生物战
fǎn shēng wù zhàn

biological (warfare) defense

反美是工作赴美是生活
fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó

being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)

丛生
cóng shēng

growing as a thicket

口齿生香
kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng

eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text

古生代
gǔ shēng dài

Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪

古生物
gǔ shēng wù

paleo-organism

古生物学
gǔ shēng wù xué

palaeontology

古生物学家
gǔ shēng wù xué jiā

paleontologist; paleobiologist

可再生
kě zài shēng

renewable (resource)

可再生资源
kě zài shēng zī yuán

renewable resource

同配生殖
tóng pèi shēng zhí

isogamy

吾生也有涯,而知也无涯
wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá

Life is short, learning is limitless

和气生财
hé qì shēng cái

(idiom) amiability makes you rich

品味生活
pǐn wèi shēng huó

to appreciate life

哑然无生
yǎ rán wú shēng

silence reigns (idiom)

单细胞生物
dān xì bāo shēng wù

single-celled organism

单词产生器模型
dān cí chǎn shēng qì mó xíng

logogen model

四大须生
sì dà xū shēng

Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯

国内生产总值
guó nèi shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross domestic product (GDP)

国民生产总值
guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross national product (GNP)

境由心生
jìng yóu xīn shēng

our mindset frames how we view the world