牲 (shēng) means Domestic animal. Below are 4 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
农场里养了不少 牲 畜。
Nóngchǎng lǐ yǎng le bù shǎo shēngchù.
The farm keeps a good many livestock.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 牲畜
许多人为此付出了牺 牲 。
Xǔduō rén wèi cǐ fùchū le xīshēng.
Many people made sacrifices for this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 牺牲
冬天要给 牲 畜准备足够的饲料。
Dōngtiān yào gěi shēngchù zhǔnbèi zúgòu de sìliào.
Enough feed must be prepared for the livestock in winter.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 牲畜
为了这个项目，他牺 牲 了所有假期。
Wèile zhège xiàngmù, tā xīshēng le suǒyǒu jiàqī.
He sacrificed all his holidays for this project.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 牺牲
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Words that contain 牲
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Questions about 牲
How is 牲 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 牲 (shēng, "Domestic animal"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 牲 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 牲 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 牲?
The dictionary page for 牲 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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