生日 (shēngrì) means Birthday. Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
你的 生日 是几月几号？
Nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
What date is your birthday?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 生日
姐姐今天过 生日 。
Jiějie jīntiān guò shēngrì.
My older sister is celebrating her birthday today.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 姐姐
母亲的 生日 快到了。
Mǔqin de shēngrì kuài dào le.
My mother's birthday is coming up.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 母亲
他的 生日 是三月一日。
Tā de shēngrì shì sān yuè yī rì.
His birthday is the first of March.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 日
这是给你的 生日 礼物。
Zhè shì gěi nǐ de shēngrì lǐwù.
This is a birthday present for you.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 礼物
这条项链是 生日 礼物。
Zhè tiáo xiàngliàn shì shēngrì lǐwù.
This necklace is a birthday present.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 项链
生日 时可以许个愿望。
Shēngrì shí kěyǐ xǔ ge yuànwàng.
You can make a wish on your birthday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 愿望
他一直用农历记 生日 。
Tā yìzhí yòng nónglì jì shēngrì.
He has always marked his birthday by the lunar calendar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 农历
他给女儿吹了 生日 蜡烛。
Tā gěi nǚ'ér chuī le shēngrì làzhú.
He blew out the birthday candles for his daughter.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吹
我们一起庆祝他的 生日 。
Wǒmen yìqǐ qìngzhù tā de shēngrì.
We celebrated his birthday together.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 庆祝
生日 蛋糕上插着六根蜡烛。
Shēngrì dàngāo shang chāzhe liù gēn làzhú.
Six candles are stuck in the birthday cake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蜡烛
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From the graded readers
三十岁 生日 那天，我做了一个决定：我要重新开始学画画。
sānshí suì shēngrì nà / nèi tiān, wǒ zuòle yīgè juédìng: wǒ yāo chóngxīn kāishǐ xué huà huà.
On my thirtieth birthday I made a decision: I was going to start learning to paint again.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
From the grammar library
我的 生日 是二月二号。
Wǒ de shēngrì shì èr yuè èr hào.
My birthday is February 2nd.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
Questions about 生日
How is 生日 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 生日 (shēngrì, "Birthday"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 生日 an HSK word?
Yes — 生日 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 生日?
The dictionary page for 生日 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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