生 shēng

生 (shēng) is a Chinese character with 5 strokes, taught at HSK level 1. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

生 means to be born / life in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	to be born / life
Spanish	nacer
Portuguese	nascer
French	naître
German	geboren / Leben
Italian	nascere
Russian	родиться
Arabic	يولد
Hindi	जन्म
Indonesian	lahir
Vietnamese	sinh
Japanese	うまれる
Korean	태어나다

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 生 loaded.

Words containing 生

• 祝你生日快乐 zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè — happy birthday
• 学生 xuésheng — student
• 男生 nánshēng — boy / male student
• 女生 nǚshēng — girl / female student
• 医生 yīshēng — doctor
• 先生 xiānsheng — Mr. / sir / husband
• 生日 shēngrì — birthday

Characters at the same level