生
shēng
to give birth, to produce, to grow
HSK 4
Additional Dictionary Meanings
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be bornto arise; to occurto light (a fire)to live; to be aliveliferaw; uncooked; unprocessedunfamiliar; 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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Alternative HSK Meanings (2)
shēng(HSK 4)
raw, uncooked, unripe