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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 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)
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)
shēng verb arise; produce; utpad
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: utpad, or: utpanna (BCSD '生', p. 832; MW 'utpad'; SH '生', p. 195)

Contained in

人生问题(人生問題) problems of life
生经(生經) Jātaka Stories
好心从我生起(好心從我生起) be the one to start thinking good thoughts
众生浊(眾生濁) sentient being degeneration; sattvakashaya
生欢喜(生歡喜) giving rise to joy
胎生 viviparous ; to be born from a womb
多散众生(多散眾生) beings who are greatly distracted
三好人生　万家生佛(三好人生　萬家生佛) A Life Lived in the Three Acts of Goodness; Buddha Is in All Families
畜生 animals; domestic animals ; rebirth as an animal
合十人生 A Life of Joined Palms
后生(後生) later rebirths; subsequent births
圆生树(圓生樹) coral tree
法界生真言 Birth in the Dharmadhatu Mantra
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
顺次生受业(順次生受業) karma to be experienced in the next lifetime
众生(眾生) all living things ; living things other than people ; sentient beings ; beings; all living things; all sentient beings

Also contained in

礼生、生老病死、独生子女、积习生常、春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏、丧生、生锈、劫后余生、丛生、生死与夺、节上生枝、次生、接生婆、生化武器、生硬、牙科医生、出生地点、金融衍生产品、生词、生产者、生活污水、绝处逢生、博士生、野生植物、童生、生辉、浮生六记、孪生、生吞活剥、生员、养生饮品、娃娃生、脂溶性维生素、原核生物、奸生

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 3 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 490
Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 457
Scroll 9 Dasheng Guang Bai Lun Shi Lun 大乘廣百論釋論 — count: 435
Scroll 8 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 418
Scroll 3 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 413
Scroll 5 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 375 , has English translation
Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 369
Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 352
Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 351
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
生处 (生處) 我所生處 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
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
生梵天 (生梵天) 乃得生梵天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 3
生多 (生多) 生多財寶 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
不复生 (不復生) 是時地肥遂不復生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 3
生忉利天 (生忉利天) 生忉利天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 3