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saang1 sang1
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[1] [v] live; life; living; lifetime; livelihood; alive [2] [v] be born; come into being; come into existence; birth [3] [v] breed; bear; produce; beget; create; give rise to; cause [4] uncooked; raw; unripe; crude [5] unfamiliar; strange; unknown [6] save; untamed; barbarian; uncultured [7] [n] pupil; student [8] the male character type in a Chinese opera [9] creatures [10] a Chinese family name [11] Kangxi radical 100 [12] [粵]: mister, Mr. (abbreviation for 先生) Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: 生 (#100)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 午牛 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44 | ||
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生菜
saang1 coi3 = lettuce
人生
jan4 sang1 = life
生日
saang1 jat6 = birthday
花生
faa1 sang1 = peanut
先生
sin1 saang1 = mister, Mr.; husband; teacher
學生
hok6 saang1 = student; pupil
一生
jat1 sang1 = lifetime, lifespan, a whole life
生果
saang1 gwo2 = fresh fruit 粵
生日日期
saang1 jat6 jat6 kei4 = date of birth
魚生
jyu4 saang1 = raw fish; sashimiSee all 524 compounds (CantoDict reports 563 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 47 examples containing 生
你想學做生意？
So you want to be a businessman? [Lit. you want study do business? More direct translation: You want to study how to do business? This is a good example of a serial verb construction. There are three in a row here (想學做) but more are possible.]
生果又甜又有營養。 粵
Fruits are sweet and nutritious. [Please note that "有" is missing from the audio by mistake.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 生
Unicode code for this character: U+751f (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 生
Unicode code for this character: U+751f (off-site link)
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