生

Pinyin: shēng

to give birth to; to be born; to grow; to get (an illness)

🏮 Chinese HSK 4 verb Also in HSK 4

Example sentence

小王,你是哪年生的?

Xiǎo Wáng, nǐ shì nǎ nián shēng de?

Wang, what year were you born?

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What 生 means

生 (shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to give birth to; to be born; to grow; to get (an illness)”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection (and also in HSK 4).

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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