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
生产
shēngchǎn
to produce
Characters in this word
产 chǎn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亠 — lid, cover
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 丷 horns 厂 cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这里生产茶。 Zhè lǐ shēng chǎn chá. They produce tea here.
- 工厂生产车。 Gōng chǎng shēng chǎn chē. The factory produces cars.
- 他们生产鞋。 Tā men shēng chǎn xié. They produce shoes.
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