生

shēngdictionary entry

to grow / to give birth / to produce / to be born / to arise / to occur / to light (a fire) / to live / to be alive / life / raw / uncooked / unprocessed / unfamiliar / strange / (bound form) student / person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life / lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very / intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

生 生 [sheng1] /to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born/to arise; to occur/to light (a fire)/to live; to be alive/life/raw; uncooked; unprocessed/unfamiliar; strange/(bound form) student; person engaged in a field/(bound form) male role in traditional opera/(bound form) life; lifetime/(bound form) means of livelihood/(bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2])/(bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])/

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