| 生 | 19B25 10.11 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄕㄥ [sheng1] | ||
| N. | (1) Life: 生命 [sheng1ming4]↓; 生活 [sheng1huo2]↓; 舍生取義 sacrifice life for honor; 輕生 risk one's life; 起死回生 (of good doctors) effect a miraculous cure; 救生圈 lifebelt; 養生 cultivate health. (2) Lifetime, life span: 一生 whole life; 半生 half one's life (struggling, etc.); 此生，今生 this present life or incarnation; 來生 future life; 生生世世 generation after generation; 生時 when one was alive; 殘生 the remaining years of one's life; 偷生 keep alive without serious ambition or purpose; 再生，重生 next incarnation, also rebirth; 永生 eternal life, also 常生。 (3) Living beings : 生靈 [sheng1ling2]↓; 眾生，  生 all animal kingdom;畜生 the beasts; 殺生 kill animate beings; 放生 (Budd.) buy fish and turtle and keep them alive in a pond (called 放生池). (4) A living: 謀生，營生 make a living; 生活，生計，生涯 [sheng1huo2], [sheng1ji4]2, [sheng1ya2]↓. (5) Student, pupil, scholar: 儒生 Confucian scholar; 書生 a scholar, a pedant: 書生之見 pedantic views; 學生，生徒 student, also apprentice; 先生 teacher, also “Mr.” (placed after surname), also (polite and friendly) after personal name; 生員 [sheng1yUan2]↓; 門生 formerly, personal student or pupil of a master, also successful candidate vis輁is the examiner; 男生，女生 boy, girl student; 小生，晚生 self-reference of student, esp. in letter to teacher; 畢業生 graduate student. (6) Male actor, opp. 旦 [dan4], actress. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) Happen, occur: 生起 [sheng1qi3]↓; 發生 v.i., (s.t.) happens, or v.t., produce (accident). (2) Produce, give birth to: 出生 be born; 出生年月 date of birth; 生下了男孩 give birth to a boy; 生育，生殖 [sheng1yU4], [sheng1zhi2]↓; 生財，生產 [sheng1cai2], [sheng1chan3]↓; 生聚 [sheng1jU4]↓; 胎生 viviparous, -ity; 卵生 oviparous, ovipara, -ity, those that produce offspring by eggs; 接生 midwifery. (3) Create (accident, trouble, etc.): 生事，生出事來 cause trouble; 生花樣 make difficulties; 節外生枝 bring up unnecessary ramifications; 無事生非 make uncalled-for trouble. (4) Be born (handsome, stupid, etc.), to grow: 生得很漂亮 grow up beautiful; 生得矮 be born short; 生長，生成 [sheng1zhang3], [sheng1cheng2]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Raw.uncooked (meat, fruit), not processed (iron, copper, silk, oil, etc.): 生菜 uncooked, fresh vegetable; 生油 [sheng1you2]↓; unripe: 蘋果生得很 the apple is still quite unripe; 生地 one's birthplace, a strange place, a piece of uncultivated land; 生書，生課 a new, yet untaught lesson. (2) Crude, inexperienced, not smooth, not well learned: 生澀，生硬 [sheng1se4]2, [sheng1ying4]↓; 生手 [sheng1shou3]↓. (3) Strange, unfamiliar: 生人，生客 [sheng1ren2], [sheng1ke4]1↓; 面生，陌生 (face) not seen before; 生字 new, unlearned character. (4) Alive: 生擒 capture alive; 生吞活剝 interpret text, passage crudely without real understanding (“eat it alive”); 生拉硬拽 do arm-twisting, force s.o. to do s.t. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) Keenly in 生恐，生怕 [sheng1kong3], [sheng1pa4]↓; 生疼 keenly painful; 活生生 very much alive. (2) Abruptly, rudely, by force: 生把他拉下來 pull him down by force; 硬生生 abruptly. (3) Used as adv. ending: 好生走路 walk cardfully; 偏生 unfortunately; 偏生我又不會 unfortunately, I don't know how; 怎生 how: 不知怎生是好 don't know what to do (esp. in MC＝怎麼, also wr. 作麼生). | |||||
| Words | 1. 生變 [sheng1bian4], v.i., trouble arises (mutiny, etc.). 2. 生病 [sheng1bing4], v.i., fall ill. 3. 生產 [sheng1chan3], v.i. & t. & n., (1) produce, production: 生產過剩 overproduction; 生產力 productivity; 生產率 rate of production; 生產費 cost of production; 生產量 volume of production; (2) give birth to children. 4. 生辰 [sheng1chen2], n., birthday. 5. 生成 [sheng1cheng2], adj., born (clever, stubborn, etc.). 6. 生前 [sheng1qian2], adv., while person was living. 7. 生氣 [sheng1qi4], (1) v.i., to get angry; (2) n., vitality (of vegetation, writing, also pr. ([sheng1qi0]). 8. 生起 [sheng1qi3], v.t., to bring about. 9. 生芻 [sheng1chu2], n., hay; (allu.) offering at grave, funeral gift. 10. 生全 [sheng1qUan2], v. i., return alive, survive. 11. 生趣 [sheng1qU4], n., as in 有生趣 (writing) has lively interest; full of vitality. 12. 生齒 [sheng1chi3], n., population: 生齒過剩 overpopulation. 13. 生動 [sheng1dong4], adj., moving: 氣韻生動 (painting) has rhythmic vitality. 14. 生發 [sheng1fa1], v.i., produce (profit). 15. 生髮油 [sheng1fa3you2], n., hair oil. 16. 生番 [sheng1fan1], n., savage, cannibal; savage tribe. 17. 生分 [sheng1fen0], adj., (person) not intimate enough, not well known to one: 不生分 quite familiar with each other. 18. 生根 [sheng1gen1], v.i., take root (habit, studies). 19. 生花 [sheng1hua1], phr., 生花之筆，筆生花 gifted pen, a rich style (Li Po dreamed that his “pen grew blossoms”). 20. 生還 [sheng1huan2], phr., return alive. 21. 生貨 [sheng1huo4], n., raw goods, material. 22. 生火 [sheng1huo3], v.i., to light a fire. 23. 生活 [sheng1huo2], (1) n., life, living, profession: 生活維艱 it is hard making a living; n., 做生活 make a living; 吃生活 (Shanghai dialect) get a beating; 生活費 living expenses, cost of living; 生活力 vitality; 生活素 vitamin (also 維他命); (2) v.i., to live: 民非水火不能生活 man cannot live without fire and water. 24. 生虎子 [sheng1hu3zi0], n., (sl.) an inexperienced hand. 25. 生長 [sheng1zhang3], v.i., (1) (plants) grow; (2) (the young) grow up: 生長得不錯 grow up quite handsome. 26. 生機 [sheng1ji1], n., spring of vitality, a new lease of life. 27. 生薑 [sheng1jiang1], n., raw ginger. 28. 生忌 [sheng1ji4]1, n., birthday of deceased person. 29. 生計 [sheng1ji4]2, n., living, means of livelihood, profession. 30. 生就（的） [sheng1jiu4]([de0]), adj., born one way or another (nervous, suspicious, etc.). 31. 生知 [sheng1zhi1], n., (AC) those who are born wise. 32. 生殖 [sheng1zhi2], (1) v.i., (plants) grow, multiply; (2) v.i. & n., (men) reproduce, multiply,reproduction; v.i. & n., 生殖器 sexual organs (male and female). 33. 生聚 [sheng1jU4], v.i., (AC, LL of a nation) grow in population. 34. 生客 [sheng1ke4]1, n., a stranger. 35. 生剋 [sheng1ke4]2, v.i., mutually accelerate, reinforce, or counteract, neutralize; phr. in 五行 (the five movements): 生 accelerate, 剋 counteract (木生火，火剋金 “wood” accelerates “fire”, and “fire” is inimical to “metal”). 36. 生口 [sheng1kou3], n., (1) domestic animals (usu. wr. 牲口); (2) (AC) war prisoners. 37. 生壙 [sheng1kuang4], n., tomb erected by person or for oneself, while living. 38. 生恐 [sheng1kong3], v.i., to fear, be afraid, see [sheng1pa4]↓. 39. 生來 [sheng1lai2], adj., see [sheng1jiu4], [sheng1cheng2]↑. 40. 生冷 [sheng1leng3], adj., cold (in style, approach); n., (Chin. med.) cold dishes, cold drinks, fruits. 41. 生臉兒 [sheng1lia3er0], n., a stranger. 42. 生憐 [sheng1lian2], v.t., to love (child, helpless or small being). 43. 生料 [sheng1liao4], n., dry goods; 生料廠 timber shop. 44. 生利 [sheng1li4], v.i., (capital) bears interest; (business) makes profit. 45. 生力軍 [sheng1li4jUn1], n., (mil.) fresh reinforcement. 46. 生理 [sheng1li3], n., (1) 生理學 physiology: 生理化學 physiological chemistry; 生理學家 physiologist; (2) (dial.) business; (3) 料無生理 it is feared s.o. will not live. 47. 生靈 [sheng1ling2], n., all living things: 生靈塗炭 the people's life destroyed, all life decimated. 48. 生路 [sheng1lu4], n., way out: 無生路 no way out or chance of escape; 另謀生路 find another way of living. 49. 生龍 (活虎) [sheng1long2], phr., 生龍活虎 (of fighter or painting) extremely forceful or vivid. 50. 生煤 [sheng1mei2], n., unburnt coal. 51. 生命 [sheng1ming4], n., life: 生命之保障 protection of life; 生命保險 life insurance. 52. 生民 [sheng1min2], n., (LL) the people, mankind: 生民以來 since creation of mankind. 53. 生母 [sheng1mu3], n., one's own mother. 54. 生怕 [sheng1pa4], v.i., to fear, be afraid, lest: 生怕來不及 afraid it is too late; 55. 生命 [sheng1ming4], n., 生怕他不答應 afraid that he will not consent. 56. 生平 [sheng1ping2], adv. phr., all one's life; usually: 生平不好酒 usually (one) does not drink or never drinks. 57. 生人 [sheng1ren2], n., a stranger. 58. 生日 [sheng1](')[ri4], n., birthday. 59. 生色 [sheng1se4]1, (1) v.i., add color or luster (to gathering), come alive; (2) adj., distinctive (performance). 60. 生澀 [sheng1se4]2, adj., crude, faulty (knowledge), lacking in fluency (in reading). 61. 生身 [sheng1shen1], n., as in 生身父母 parents who give you birth; the (Mongolian) one who has not had smallpox. 62. 生生 [sheng1sheng1], adv., (1) generation after generation: 生生世世 ditto; (2) well and healthy: 生生憂慮出病來 get sick from sheer worry (for a healthy person); 好生生的怎麼就死了 how could he die so suddenly-he was looking so well? 生生不息 life and growth in nature, continuous reproduction (of plants and animals). 63. 生肖 [sheng1xiao4], n., the year of the animal in which one was born: 十二生肖 (the year of the) rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, lamb, monkey, chicken, dog, pig-corresponding to the duodecimal cycle 子丑寅卯, etc.; see Appendix A. 64. 生隙 [sheng1xi4], v.i., cause friction (between people). 65. 生性 [sheng1xing4], (1) n., one's born nature (violent, gentle, etc.); (2) ([sheng1xing0]) adj., aloof, solitary in nature: 他有點兒生性 he does not get along well with people. 66. 生心 [sheng1xin1], v.i., (AC) begin to feel disloyal. 67. 生息 [sheng1xi2], v.i., (1) (money) bear interest; (2) (of animal herds) multiply. 68. 生手（兒） [sheng1shou3]([er0]), n., an inexperienced hand. 69. 生受 [sheng1shou4], v.i., (esp. Mc) to suffer: 不好生受 difficult to bear; (MC) to suffer: 不好生受 difficult to bear; (MC) 生受你 (=modn. 難為你) thanks for the trouble. 70. 生疏 [sheng1shu1], adj., (1) (of friends) having less contact, getting more distant; (2) (piano playing, sleight-of-hand, etc.) having not played for a long time, getting rusty. 71. 生水 [sheng1shui3], n., unboiled water; fresh water. 72. 生事 [sheng1shi4], v.i., to cause trouble. 73. 生石灰 [sheng1shi2hui1], n., (chem.) calcium oxide. 74. 生死 [sheng1si3], phr., life and death: 生死關頭 grave crisis between life and death; 生死之交 a friend until death. 75. 生態學 [sheng1tai4xUe2], n., ecology, study of environmental influence on living beings. 76. 生鐵 [sheng1tie3], n., pig iron, cast iron. 77. 生菜 [sheng1cai4], n., (1) uncooked or fresh vegetable; (2) lettuce. 78. 生財 [sheng1cai2], v.i., to make money. 79. 生存 [sheng1cun2], v.i. & n., survive, survive-al. 80. 生祠 [sheng1ci2], n., temple to one still living. 81. 生疼 [sheng1tong4], (1) adj., very painful; (2) v.t., to love dearly. 82. 生徒 [sheng1tu2], n., disciple; pupil of private school; apprentice. 83. 生子 [sheng1zi3], v.i., to give birth to a son. 84. 生物 [sheng1wu4], n., living creature or plants; 生物學 [sheng1wu4xUe2], biology; 生物化學 biochemistry. 85. 生養 [sheng1yang3], v.i., (of parents) give birth to and bring up children. 86. 生涯 [sheng1ya2], n., see [sheng1ji4]2↑. 87. 生業 [sheng1ye4], n., business: 不治生業 does not attend to business or hold a job. 88. 生意 [sheng1yi4], n., (1) prospect of living or survival; (2) ([sheng1yi4] or [sheng1yi0]) a business or business deal: 做生意 run a business (shop, etc.); ([sheng1yi0]) a crooked deal; n., 生意口 [sheng1yi4kou3], n., words of a petty dealer, not to be trusted; n., business man's ways or know-how; 生意經 [sheng1yi4jing1], business sense, business expertise. 89. 生硬 [sheng1ying4], adj., not smooth, not polished, crude (writing), rigid, stern, stiff. 90. 生油 [sheng1you2], n., (1) peanut oil; (2) unrefined oil. 91. 生員 [sheng1yUan2], n., formerly, students. 92. 生育 [sheng1yU4], v.t. & n., give birth to and raise (children); growth (of population); 生育能力 fertility. | |||||