shēng

A2 Level 4
VerbAttributive stative verb

Definition

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

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Example

這個雞蛋還是生的。

This egg is still raw.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).