再 zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冂 — frame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
再生
zàishēng
to regenerate, to recycle
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 科学家正在研究受损组织能否通过新技术实现再生。 Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài yánjiū shòusǔn zǔzhī néngfǒu tōngguò xīn jìshù shíxiàn zàishēng. Scientists are studying whether damaged tissue can regenerate through new technology.
- 这种再生纸是用旧报纸做成的。 Zhè zhǒng zàishēngzhǐ shì yòng jiù bàozhǐ zuò chéng de. This kind of recycled paper is made from old newspapers.
- 壁虎的尾巴断了以后还能再生。 Bìhǔ de wěiba duàn le yǐhòu hái néng zàishēng. A gecko's tail can regenerate after it breaks off.
Related words
- 再 zài again; then
- 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
- 一再 yízài again and again
- 再三 zàisān again and again
- 再次 zàicì again
- 再也 zàiyě never again (with negatives)
- 再度 zàidù once again; a second time
- 再接再厉 zàijiēzàilì to make persistent efforts; to keep up the good work
- 再现 zàixiàn to reappear; to recreate
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 男生 nánshēng schoolboy, male student