生 (shēng) means Life (give birth - be born - grow). Below are 24 of the 376 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
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From the graded readers
我知道我 生 病了。
wǒ zhīdào wǒ shēngbìng le / liǎo / liào.
I knew I was ill.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
我叫小美，我是学 生 。
wǒ jiào xiǎo měi, wǒ shì xuésheng.
My name is Xiaomei, and I'm a student.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我们班有十二个学 生 。
wǒmen bān yǒu shí'èr gè xuésheng.
There are twelve students in our class.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
我妈妈是医 生 ，她的工作也很忙。
wǒ māma shì yīshēng, tā de / dì gōngzuò yě hěn máng.
My mum is a doctor and her job is busy too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我敲了门，开门的是一位老先 生 。
wǒ qiāo le / liǎo / liào mén, kāimén de / dì shì yī wèi lǎo xiānsheng.
I knocked, and an elderly man opened the door.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
我站在那里，觉得又熟悉又陌 生 。
wǒ zhàn zài nàli, juéde yòu shúxī yòu mòshēng.
I stood there feeling that it was both familiar and strange.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
上个月，我跑完了人 生 第一个马拉松。
shànggèyuè, wǒ pǎowán le / liǎo / liào rénshēng dìyī gè mǎlāsōng.
Last month I finished the first marathon of my life.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
From the travel phrasebook
我对花 生 过敏。
Wǒ duì huāshēng guòmǐn.
I'm allergic to peanuts.
Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant
我需要看医 生 。
Wǒ xūyào kàn yīshēng.
I need to see a doctor.
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
一天能 生 产多少？
Yì tiān néng shēngchǎn duōshao?
What's your daily output?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
有会说英语的医 生 吗？
Yǒu huì shuō Yīngyǔ de yīshēng ma?
Is there an English-speaking doctor?
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
我可以看看 生 产线吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ kànkan shēngchǎnxiàn ma?
May I see the production line?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
From the grammar library
我不是学 生 。
Wǒ bú shì xuésheng.
I am not a student.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 是 sentences and 很 with adjectives
我妈妈是医 生 。
Wǒ māma shì yīshēng.
My mum is a doctor.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 的 for possession and description
我们班有二十个学 生 。
Wǒmen bān yǒu èrshí ge xuésheng.
There are twenty students in our class.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
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
生 appears in 376 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 生
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Questions about 生
How is 生 used in a sentence?
This page shows 376 sentences using 生 (shēng, "Life (give birth - be born - grow)"), 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 生 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 生 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 生?
The dictionary page for 生 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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