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生 shēng

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
shēng noun birth
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jāti, Pāli: jāti (BL 'jāti'; MW 'jAti'); FGS translation standard: Birth
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)
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)
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)
shēng verb to initiate; to become
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 生病 or 生气
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
shēng noun gender
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 男生 'male' or 女生 'female' (GHC '生' 16)
shēng verb to develop; to grow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'shēng' v 2)
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).
shēng noun a prostitute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 妓女.
shēng noun a captive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 俘虏.
shēng noun a gentleman
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 先生.
shēng noun Kangxi radical 100
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Born (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
shēng adjective unripe
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
Notes: (ABC 'shēng' sv 2; Ci Yuan '生' 7)
shēng noun nature
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 本性 (Ci Yuan '生' 9; GHC '生' 14)
shēng verb to inherit; to succeed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 继承 (Ci Yuan '生' 10)
shēng noun destiny
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 生命 (GHC '生' 4)

Contained in

常生 immortality
人生108事 108 Tips for Life
摩醯首罗大自在天王神通化生伎艺天女念诵法(摩醯首羅大自在天王神通化生伎藝天女念誦法) Moxishouluo Dazizaitian Wang Shentong Huasheng Ji Yi Tiannu Niansong Fa
离生(離生) to leave the cycle of rebirth
生老苦 birth is stressful, aging is stressful
生耕致富 Earnest cultivation yields fruitful harvests.
淡泊人生 A Simple Life
众生随类各得解(眾生隨類各得解) all sentient beings gain comprehension in their own way
佛说弥勒下生成佛经(佛說彌勒下生成佛經) Maitreyavyākaraṇa / Fo Shuo Mile Xia Sheng Cheng Fo Jing
春生神 Vasanti
度生 to save beings
生佛平等 equality between sentient beings and the Buddha
来生(來生) later rebirths; subsequent births
已生的善法，令它增长(已生的善法，令它增長) Strengthen Wholesome States
念佛感应往生记(念佛感應往生記) Experiences of Passing Away Under Buddha’s Blessings
书香生活(書香生活) Live in the Fragrance of Books
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
慈氏菩萨所说大乘缘生稻卄干喻经(慈氏菩薩所說大乘緣生稻卄幹喻經) Śālistambhakasūtra / Cishi Pusa Suo Shuo Dasheng Yuan Sheng Dao Nian Gan Yu Jing

Also contained in

抛生耦、在生、生杀之权、此生空过、生土、生老病死、生理、滋生、水溶性维生素、寄生蝇、生物学、生命科学、寻事生非、熟能生巧、卫生棉条、生产、营生、望文生义、生物钟、生鲜、生物剂量仪、生鱼片、生病、春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏、生活资料、生物战、弥生、劫后余生、今生、高材生、招揽生意、生态学家、收生婆

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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
七生 (七生) 往來七生 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
菩萨生 (菩薩生) 毗婆尸菩薩生時 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
生二 (生二) 何等生二足尊 — 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
生忉利天 (生忉利天) 生忉利天 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
生多 (生多) 生多財寶 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
毛生 (毛生) 一一孔一毛生 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 3