• to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
  • to arise; to occur
  • to light (a fire)
  • to live; to be alive
  • life
  • raw; uncooked; unprocessed
  • unfamiliar; strange
  • (bound form) student; person engaged in a field
  • (bound form) male role in traditional opera
  • (bound form) life; lifetime
  • (bound form) means of livelihood
  • (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼 shēng téng)
  • (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 shēng yìng zhuài)