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 (BCSD '生', p. 832; BL 'jāti', p. 382; FGDB '生'; Mahāvyutpatti 'jātiḥ'; MW 'jāti'; SH '生', p. 195)

Contained in

• 覆裹于空，便生屋名(覆裹於空，便生屋名) space is enclosed and is gathered under the term house
• 众生界(眾生界) the realm of living beings
• 佛说佛母出生三法藏版若波罗蜜经(佛說佛母出生三法藏版若波羅蜜經) The Prajna Paramita Sutra on the Buddha-Mother's Producing the Three Dharma Treasuries
• 一一毛生 ekaika-romata
• 菩萨畏因，众生畏果(菩薩畏因，眾生畏果) bodhisattvas fear causes while sentient beings fear effects
• 讲演集 5：人生与社会(講演集 5：人生與社會) Master Hsing Yun’s Lecture Series: Life and Society
• 已生的善法，令它增长(已生的善法，令它增長) Strengthen Wholesome States
• 星云大师的一生(星雲大師的一生) Buddhism in Every Step: The Life of Master Hsing Yun
• 生死相续(生死相續) Saṃsāra; cycle of life and death
• 生生不息 to grow and multiply without end ; Life Continues Without End
• 离生(離生) to leave the cycle of rebirth
• 如何天上现有傍生(如何天上現有傍生) How can animals appear in Heaven?
• 淡泊人生 A Simple Life
• 新生活七诫运动(新生活七誡運動) Seven Admonitions Campaign for a New Life
• 渐化众生令生信心(漸化眾生令生信心) gradually transform beings and give rise to faith
• 本生谭(本生譚) jātaka; a jātaka story
• 生寿婚庆仪礼(生壽婚慶儀禮) Birth and Marriage Rites
• 太孤危生 life is as perilous as the loneliest peak
• 留惑润生(留惑潤生) to conserve defilements to benefit beings
• 四弘誓愿; 1. 众生无边誓愿度 2. 烦恼无尽誓愿断 3. 法门无量誓愿学 4. 佛道无上誓愿成(四弘誓願; 1. 眾生無邊誓願度 2. 煩惱無盡誓願斷 3. 法門無量誓願學 4. 佛道無上誓願成) Four Universal Vows: 1. Sentient beings are limitless, I vow to liberate them; 2. Afflictions are endless, I vow to eradicate them; 3. Teachings are infinite, I vow to learn them; 4. Buddhahood is supreme, I vow to attain it
• 明窗高挂菩提月 净莲生在浊世中(明窗高掛菩提月 淨蓮生在濁世中) High above the window hangs the bodhi moon; Out of the polluted world blooms the pure lotus.
• 顶生王因缘经(頂生王因緣經) Ding Sheng Wang Yinyuan Jing; Mandhātāvadāna

Also contained in

优生学 、 生事 、 生灵 、 维生素 、 伤吾生 、 惹事生非 、 得意门生 、 复生 、 孑遗生物 、 花生油 、 独生 、 浮游生物 、 戎马生涯 、 汎爱群生 、 笔下生花 、 春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏 、 生发剂 、 可再生原 、 长生 、 侧生动物 、 生物媒介 、 中学生 、 兰陵笑笑生 、 卫生衣 、 益生菌 、 生路 、 多细胞生物 、 生平简介 、 冒生命危险

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 532
• Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 470
• Scroll 9 Dasheng Guang Bai Lun Shi Lun 大乘廣百論釋論 — count: 459
• Scroll 3 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 422
• Scroll 8 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 420
• Scroll 5 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 397 , has English translation
• Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 379
• Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 358
• Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 355
• Scroll 4 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 339

Collocations

• 生时 (生時) 毗婆尸菩薩當其生時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
• 菩萨生 (菩薩生) 毗婆尸菩薩生時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 七生 (七生) 往來七生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 生恋慕 (生戀慕) 生戀慕心 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 生二 (生二) 何等生二足尊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 生处 (生處) 我所生處 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 生梵天 (生梵天) 乃得生梵天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 3
• 夫生 (夫生) 夫生有死 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 生多 (生多) 生多財寶 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
• 毛生 (毛生) 一一孔一毛生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 3