生动 (shēngdòng) means Vivid (lively). Below are 6 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
老师讲得很 生动 。
Lǎoshī jiǎng de hěn shēngdòng.
The teacher explains things vividly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 生动
这是一个 生动 的例子。
Zhè shì yí ge shēngdòng de lìzi.
This is a vivid example.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 生动
他的描写非常 生动 。
Tā de miáoxiě fēicháng shēngdòng.
His description is extremely vivid.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 描写
这本小说的人物很 生动 。
Zhè běn xiǎoshuō de rénwù hěn shēngdòng.
The characters in this novel are vivid.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人物
这家机构致力于保护野 生动 物。
Zhè jiā jīgòu zhìlì yú bǎohù yěshēng dòngwù.
This organisation is dedicated to protecting wildlife.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 致力
好老师能把枯燥的内容讲得 生动 。
Hǎo lǎoshī néng bǎ kūzào de nèiróng jiǎng de shēngdòng.
A good teacher can make dry material lively.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枯燥
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Questions about 生动
How is 生动 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 生动 (shēngdòng, "Vivid (lively)"), 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 生动 an HSK word?
Yes — 生动 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 生动?
The dictionary page for 生动 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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