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 'jAti'; SH '生', p. 195)

Contained in

• 弥勒菩萨下生经(彌勒菩薩下生經) Sutra on the Descent of Maitreya
• 生死苦(生死苦) suffering of Saṃsāra ; suffering of Saṃsāra
• 诸难处众生心(諸難處眾生心) the minds of troubled beings
• 一日修来一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中(一日修來一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中) Each day's worth of practice is each day's worth of merit, Each day's share of negligence is each day's share of vanity; True practice is found within everyday life, Because the Buddha is nowhere but in life itself.
• 人生 life ; Human Life Magazine ; life
• 生报业(生報業) Karmic effects in the next life
• 生命是永恒的(生命是永恆的) life is eternal
• 三好生命教育教材 Three Acts of Goodness Teaching Materials
• 了生死 ending the cycle of birth and death
• 生敬重 gives rise to veneration
• 十二部经; 1. 长行 2. 重颂 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因缘 6. 无问自说 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方广 11. 论议 12. 授记(十二部經; 1. 長行 2. 重頌 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因緣 6. 無問自說 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方廣 11. 論議 12. 授記) Twelve Divisions of Sutras: 1. Sutra (discourses); 2. Geya (repeated verses); 3. Gatha (verses); 4. Avadana (parables); 5. Nidana (expositions of causes); 6. Udana (unprompted teachings); 7. Jataka (stories of the Buddha’s previous lives); 8. Itivrttaka (stories of the disciples’ previous lives); 9. Abdhutadharma (miracles); 10. Vaipulya (profound teachings); 11. Upadesa (debates); 12. Vyakarana (prophecies)
• 三生 three lives; three rebirths ; Three Lifetimes
• 念佛往生 reciting the name of the Buddha for a future life
• 觉生(覺生) Awakening Living Beings Magazine ; Awakening Living Beings Magazine
• 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
• 下辈生观(下輩生觀) contemplation of the lower level
• 名位谦让为先 生活俭朴为重 处众服务为本 心胸宽广为要(名位謙讓為先 生活儉樸為重 處眾服務為本 心胸寬廣為要) Humility comes before fame. Diligence and frugality are the core of life. Service is the basis of fellowship. Magnanimity is the key to a peaceful mind.
• 悲智双运　万家生佛(悲智雙運　萬家生佛) Practice Compassion and Wisdom Simultaneously; There Is a Buddha in Every Family
• 生盲一阐提(生盲一闡提) an icchantika blind from birth
• 放生池 Life Releasing Pond ; Pond for Liberating Lives ; Life Releasing Pond
• 弥勒下生成佛经(彌勒下生成佛經) Maitreyavyākaraṇa; Mile Xia Sheng Cheng Fo Jing
• 死了会生，生了会死(死了會生，生了會死) there is rebirth after death, and death after rebirth
• 国际青年生命禅学营(國際青年生命禪學營) International Youth Seminar on Life and Ch'an
• 众生世间(眾生世間) the world of living beings
• 下生 for a bodhisattva for descend to the human world
• 下化众生(下化眾生) backtrack to deliver sentient beings

Also contained in

苟且偷生 、 信贷衍生产品 、 生番 、 生日快乐 、 天地之生万物 、 乐极生悲 、 休养生息 、 调干生 、 生辉 、 工读生 、 鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安 、 研究生院 、 生物传感器 、 学生运动 、 生日 、 生姜 、 生殖器 、 再生不良性贫血 、 节外生枝 、 枝节横生 、 抗抗生素 、 生物性 、 兰陵笑笑生 、 卫生丸 、 生肉

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 534
• 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: 433
• Scroll 8 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 431
• Scroll 5 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 398
• 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: 342

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
• 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
• 生忉利天 (生忉利天) 生忉利天 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 生梵天 (生梵天) 乃得生梵天 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — 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
• 生多 (生多) 生多財寶 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 3