生 shēng

1. shēng verb to be born; to give birth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: In the sense of 出生 or 生育, an intransitive verb (Kroll 2015 '生' 2; ABC 'shēng' v 1; Ci Yuan '生' 2)
2. shēng verb to live
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A verb in literary Chinese and a bound morpheme in modern Chinese in the sense of 生活 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' sv 1; Ci Yuan '生' 3; GHC '生' 5)
3. shēng adjective raw
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
   Notes: In the sense of 生的 (Kroll 2015 '生' 3; ABC 'shēng' sv 3; Ci Yuan '生' 7; GHC '生' 6)
4. shēng noun a student
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese, as in 学生 (Kroll 2015 '生' 5; ABC 'shēng' bf 3; GHC '生' 9)
5. shēng noun life
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese, as in 生活 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1b; ABC 'shēng' bf 1; Ci Yuan '生' 4, 5)
6. shēng verb to produce; to give rise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 生产 (Kroll 2015 '生' 2a; ABC 'shēng' v 3; GHC '生' 1). For example, 天生德於予 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me.' (Lunyu 7:22)
7. shēng adjective alive
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 活的 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' sv 1; Ci Yuan '生' 3; GHC '生' 3)
8. shēng adjective a lifetime
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 一生or 一辈子 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1b; Ci Yuan '生' 6)
9. shēng verb to initiate; to become
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 生病 or 生气
10. shēng verb to grow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生长 (Ci Yuan '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' v 2; GHC '生' 1)
11. shēng adjective unfamiliar
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生疏, as in new vocabulary 生词 (Kroll 2015 '生'' 3a; Ci Yuan '生' 7; GHC '生' 7)
12. shēng adjective not experienced
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in a new hand 生手 (Kroll 2015 '生'' 3a; GHC '生' 6)
13. shēng adjective hard; stiff; strong
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 硬 (ABC 'shēng' sv 6; GHC '生' 12)
14. shēng adverb very; extremely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 什 or 甚 (ABC 'shēng' adv; Ci Yuan '生' 13; GHC '生' 11)
15. shēng noun having academic or professional knowledge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 医生 'doctor', often used in this sense as a courtesy title for a scholar (Kroll 2015 '生' 5; Ci Yuan '生' 11; GHC '生' 8)
16. shēng noun a male role in traditional theatre
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
    Notes: As in 小生 'young boy' or 老生 'old man' (ABC 'shēng' bf 4; Ci Yuan '生' 12; GHC '生' 10)
17. shēng noun gender
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 男生 'male' or 女生 'female' (GHC '生' 16)
18. shēng verb to develop; to grow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'shēng' v 2)
19. shēng verb to set up
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 安装 (ABC 'shēng' v 4).
20. shēng noun a prostitute
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 妓女.
21. shēng noun a captive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 俘虏.
22. shēng noun a gentleman
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 先生.
23. shēng noun Kangxi radical 100
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Born (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
24. shēng adjective unripe
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
    Notes: (ABC 'shēng' sv 2; Ci Yuan '生' 7)
25. shēng noun nature
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 本性 (Ci Yuan '生' 9; GHC '生' 14)
26. shēng verb to inherit; to succeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 继承 (Ci Yuan '生' 10)
27. shēng noun destiny
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生命 (GHC '生' 4)
28. shēng noun birth
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jāti, Pali: jāti, Japanese: shō, Tibetan: skye ba (BL 'jāti', p. 382; FGDB '生'; Mahāvyutpatti 'jātiḥ'; MW 'jāti'; SH '生', p. 195)

Contained in

• 无量寿经优婆提舍愿生偈注(無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註) Wu Liang Shou Jing You Po Ti She Yuan Sheng Ji Zhu
• 四生 four types of birth
• 本不生 originally having a state of no birth; non-arising; adyanutpada
• 化生 to be born from transformation; upapadukayoni; opapatikayoni
• 寺院生活体验营(寺院生活體驗營) Weekend Temple Retreat
• 修习无生忍(修習無生忍) patient belief in the truth of no rebirth
• 人生本天 Narayana deva
• 无生法忍(無生法忍) patient acceptance in the truth of no rebirth ; Tolerance of Non-Arising Dharmas
• 要争气，不要生气(要爭氣，不要生氣) Get motivated, don't get agitated
• 心生灭门(心生滅門) door of arising and ceasing; the teaching of arising and ceasing
• 不拘生 cease grasping to life
• 佛说分别缘生经(佛說分別緣生經) Fo Shuo Fenbie Yuan Sheng Jing
• 本生之事 jātaka; a jātaka story
• 金刚顶瑜伽三十七尊出生义(金剛頂瑜伽三十七尊出生義) The Meaning of the Birth of the Thirty-Seven Worthies in the Diamond Pinnacle Yoga; Jingang Ding Yujia San Shi Qi Zun Chusheng Yi
• 共生 symbiosis ; intergrowth ; coexistence
• 畜生道 Animal Realm
• 火生三昧 Born of Fire Samadhi
• 不生不灭(不生不滅) neither arises nor extinguishes
• 化众生(化眾生) to transform living beings
• 大乘缘生论(大乘緣生論) Dasheng Yuan Sheng Lun
• 死死生生生复死 来来去去去还来(死死生生生復死 來來去去去還來) Death, rebirth, and death again; Coming, going, and coming again.
• 入佛知见　生如来家(入佛知見　生如來家) Entering the View of the Buddha; Born in the Home of Tathagata

Also contained in

非婚生子女 、 生锈 、 惹事生非 、 生存 、 妙趣横生 、 生辰八字 、 生物能 、 无以为生 、 生殖系统 、 蓬荜生辉 、 侧生动物 、 气生根 、 娇生 、 生物战剂 、 初中生 、 生物性 、 生酮饮食 、 整形外科医生 、 生抽 、 生效 、 枝节横生 、 抗生素 、 生气勃勃 、 生石膏 、 独生子女政策 、 花生 、 生物活化性 、 七窍生烟 、 笔下生花

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 536
• Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 479
• Scroll 9 Dasheng Guang Bai Lun Shi Lun 大乘廣百論釋論 — count: 465
• Scroll 3 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 434
• Scroll 8 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 434
• Scroll 5 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 399 , has English translation
• Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 381
• Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 363
• Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 359
• Scroll 4 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 341

Collocations

• 生时 (生時) 毗婆尸菩薩當其生時 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
• 菩萨生 (菩薩生) 毗婆尸菩薩生時 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 七生 (七生) 往來七生 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 生恋慕 (生戀慕) 生戀慕心 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 时众生 (時眾生) 是時眾生復取食之 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 4
• 生处 (生處) 我所生處 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 生二 (生二) 何等生二足尊 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 夫生 (夫生) 夫生有死 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 生忉利天 (生忉利天) 生忉利天 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 此地生 (此地生) 其後此地生自然地肥 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 3