生 shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生 — life, lifetime
- Made of
- 𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
生词
shēngcí
new word
Characters in this word
词 cí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 司 to take charge of, to control, to manage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 今天学了生词。 Jīntiān xué le shēngcí. We learned new words today.
- 这个生词难。 Zhège shēngcí nán. This new word is hard.
- 生词很多。 Shēngcí hěn duō. There are many new words.
Related words
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 男生 nánshēng schoolboy, male student
- 女生 nǚshēng schoolgirl, female student
- 生病 shēngbìng to fall ill
- 生气 shēngqì angry; to get angry
- 生日 shēngrì birthday
- 先生 xiānsheng Mr., sir; gentleman
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 医生 yīshēng doctor
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 出生 chūshēng to be born