IDENTITY
生shēngto be born; life; raw
HSK 1Top 22
CORE MEANING
to be born; life; raw
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to be bornHSK4
- 2.lifeHSK1
- 3.rawHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 生life radical (shēng)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single component
- IDS sequence
- 生
USAGE
Common words
学生xuéshengstudent
生日shēngrìbirthday
生活shēnghuólife; to live
Graded examples
今天是我的生日。Jīntiān shì wǒ de shēngrì.HSK1
Today is my birthday.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 牛
- 主
LEARNING
Memory aid
A sprout pushing up from the ground — new life.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #22
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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