生 shēng

1. shēng verb to be born; to give birth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: In the sense of 出生 or 生育, an intransitive verb (Kroll 2015 '生' 2; ABC 'shēng' v 1; Ci Yuan '生' 2)
2. shēng verb to live
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A verb in literary Chinese and a bound morpheme in modern Chinese in the sense of 生活 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' sv 1; Ci Yuan '生' 3; GHC '生' 5)
3. shēng adjective raw
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
   Notes: In the sense of 生的 (Kroll 2015 '生' 3; ABC 'shēng' sv 3; Ci Yuan '生' 7; GHC '生' 6)
4. shēng noun a student
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese, as in 学生 (Kroll 2015 '生' 5; ABC 'shēng' bf 3; GHC '生' 9)
5. shēng noun life
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese, as in 生活 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1b; ABC 'shēng' bf 1; Ci Yuan '生' 4, 5)
6. shēng verb to produce; to give rise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 生产 (Kroll 2015 '生' 2a; ABC 'shēng' v 3; GHC '生' 1). For example, 天生德於予 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me.' (Lunyu 7:22)
7. shēng adjective alive
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 活的 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' sv 1; Ci Yuan '生' 3; GHC '生' 3)
8. shēng adjective a lifetime
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 一生or 一辈子 (Kroll 2015 '生' 1b; Ci Yuan '生' 6)
9. shēng verb to initiate; to become
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 生病 or 生气
10. shēng verb to grow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生长 (Ci Yuan '生' 1; ABC 'shēng' v 2; GHC '生' 1)
11. shēng adjective unfamiliar
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生疏, as in new vocabulary 生词 (Kroll 2015 '生'' 3a; Ci Yuan '生' 7; GHC '生' 7)
12. shēng adjective not experienced
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in a new hand 生手 (Kroll 2015 '生'' 3a; GHC '生' 6)
13. shēng adjective hard; stiff; strong
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 硬 (ABC 'shēng' sv 6; GHC '生' 12)
14. shēng adverb very; extremely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 什 or 甚 (ABC 'shēng' adv; Ci Yuan '生' 13; GHC '生' 11)
15. shēng noun having academic or professional knowledge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 医生 'doctor', often used in this sense as a courtesy title for a scholar (Kroll 2015 '生' 5; Ci Yuan '生' 11; GHC '生' 8)
16. shēng noun a male role in traditional theatre
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
    Notes: As in 小生 'young boy' or 老生 'old man' (ABC 'shēng' bf 4; Ci Yuan '生' 12; GHC '生' 10)
17. shēng noun gender
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 男生 'male' or 女生 'female' (GHC '生' 16)
18. shēng verb to develop; to grow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'shēng' v 2)
19. shēng verb to set up
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 安装 (ABC 'shēng' v 4).
20. shēng noun a prostitute
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 妓女.
21. shēng noun a captive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 俘虏.
22. shēng noun a gentleman
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 生 has the same meaning as 先生.
23. shēng noun Kangxi radical 100
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Born (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
24. shēng adjective unripe
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
    Notes: (ABC 'shēng' sv 2; Ci Yuan '生' 7)
25. shēng noun nature
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 本性 (Ci Yuan '生' 9; GHC '生' 14)
26. shēng verb to inherit; to succeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 继承 (Ci Yuan '生' 10)
27. shēng noun destiny
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生命 (GHC '生' 4)
28. shēng noun birth
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jāti, Pali: jāti, Japanese: shō, Tibetan: skye ba (BL 'jāti', p. 382; FGDB '生'; Mahāvyutpatti 'jātiḥ'; MW 'jāti'; SH '生', p. 195)

Contained in

• 本生谈(本生談) jātaka; a jātaka story
• 本生经(本生經) Jataka tales ; Jātaka Story; Jātaka
• 莲花生(蓮花生) Padmasambhava
• 1. 佛光人生活要佛法化 2. 佛光人信仰要理智化 3. 佛光人处事要平和化 4. 佛光人修持要落实化(1. 佛光人生活要佛法化 2. 佛光人信仰要理智化 3. 佛光人處事要平和化 4. 佛光人修持要落實化) 1. Fo Guang members should practice the Dharma in daily life. 2. Fo Guang members should remain rational in their faith. 3. Fo Guang members should peaceful resolve matters. 4. Fo Guang members should be pragmatic in their spiritual practices.
• 星云法语 1 生活的钥匙(星雲法語 1 生活的鑰匙) Keys to Living Well
• 中品上生 The Top of the Intermediary Grade
• 不拘生 cease grasping to life
• 千生万死(千生萬死) a thousand lives and ten thousand deaths; very dangerous ; Live a hundred times, die a thousand times.
• 观众生品(觀眾生品) Contemplating Living Beings [chapter]
• 星云法语 自在的人生(星雲法語 自在的人生) The Carefree Life
• 三途: 1. 畜生 2. 饿鬼 3. 地狱(三途: 1. 畜生 2. 餓鬼 3. 地獄) Three Lower Realms: 1. Animal Realm; 2. Realm of Hungry Ghosts; 3. Hell Realms
• 出生菩提心经(出生菩提心經) Chusheng Putixin Jing
• 三好人生　万家生佛(三好人生　萬家生佛) A Life Lived in the Three Acts of Goodness; Buddha Is in All Families
• 字门生白光(字門生白光) the letter gateway radiates white light
• 人生问题(人生問題) problems of life
• 宁持戒而舍生命，不破戒法而苟活(寧持戒而捨生命，不破戒法而苟活) who would rather give their lives to keep the precepts than to live an ignoble life by breaking them
• 大乘无生方便门(大乘無生方便門) Five Expedient Means for Attaining the Birthlessness in the Great Vehicle
• 1. 重覆的举止 会变成习惯 2. 定型的习惯 会变成个性 3. 个性的走向 会决定命运 4. 命运的好坏 会决定一生(1. 重覆的舉止 會變成習慣 2. 定型的習慣 會變成個性 3. 個性的走向 會決定命運 4. 命運的好壞 會決定一生) Repeated actions become your habits, Habits determine your character, Character influences your future, Your future decides your life.
• 人死亡之后的生命怎么样(人死亡之後的生命怎麼樣) Buddhism in Every Step: When We Die
• 佛法生活化 Dharma as a part of life
• 生空 empty of a permanent ego
• 傍生生天 animals born in Heaven?
• 要做个什么人? 做共生的地球人 做同体的慈悲人 做明理的智慧人 做有力的忍耐人 做布施的结缘人 做欢喜的快乐人 做融和的佛光人 做清净的修道人(要做個甚麼人? 做共生的地球人 做同體的慈悲人 做明理的智慧人 做有力的忍耐人 做布施的結緣人 做歡喜的快樂人 做融和的佛光人 做清淨的修道人) What Kind of Person Should We Be? Be a global person who coexists with others. Be a compassionate person who feels oneness with all. Be a wise person who is reasonable. Be a patient person who is also strong. Be an open person who gives generously. Be a happy person who is also joyful. Be a Buddha's Light member who is also harmonious. Be a spiritual practitioner who is also pure.
• 大悲胎藏生大漫茶罗(大悲胎藏生大漫茶羅) Matrix of Great Compassion Mandala
• 生如来家(生如來家) Born in the Home of Tathagata

Also contained in

语言产生 、 多种维生素 、 同生共死 、 天地逃生 、 了无生趣 、 生产反应堆 、 生产 、 自生自灭 、 资生堂 、 古生物学家 、 贴生 、 惹是生非 、 爱普生 、 生出 、 撩是生非 、 正生 、 养生之道 、 危及生命 、 长生果 、 今生 、 卵生动物 、 生理盐水 、 生意经 、 夹生 、 生苔 、 显生代

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• Abhidharma School - The Essentials of the Abhidharma School 俱舍宗 參、俱舍宗要義 Buddhism Series 6 - Schools 《佛教叢書6－宗派》 — count: 80
• Community Ethics Investigation (Volume 2) - A Buddhist View of 'Life Education' 族群倫理探討（中冊） 佛教對「生命教育」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 72
• Humanistic Buddhism: A Blueprint for Life 人間佛教的藍圖 Humanistic Buddhism Series 5 - The Human World and Practice 《人間佛教系列5－人間與實踐》 — count: 71
• Care for Living and Dying Investigation (Volume 3) - A Buddhist View of 'Funeral Customs' 生死關懷探討（下冊） 佛教對「喪葬習俗」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 51
• The Study of Life and Death in Buddhism 佛教的生死學 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 47
• The Study of Life and Death in Buddhism 佛教的生死學 Humanistic Buddhism Series 8 - Dependent Origination and Cessation 《人間佛教系列8－緣起與還滅》 — count: 46
• Humanistic Buddhism: A Blueprint for Life (2) 人間佛教的藍圖（下） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 44
• The Three Pure Land Sutras 淨土三經 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 43
• Ten Non-Thoughts of the Young Buddhist Monastic Community (2) 青年僧伽的十有思想 Humanistic Buddhism Series 4 - Buddhism and Youth 《人間佛教系列4－佛教與青年》 — count: 40
• From People's Past and Present to the Future 從人的過去、現在到未來 Humanistic Buddhism Series 8 - Dependent Origination and Cessation 《人間佛教系列8－緣起與還滅》 — count: 40

Collocations

• 心生 (心生) 見人受苦心生憐愍 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 7: The Importance of Practicing Giving 第七講　布施為度人的根本 — count: 12
• 能生 (能生) 指色受想行識等五蘊能生一切苦之魔 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 5: Laziness Leads to Downfall 第五講　精進為降魔的根本 — count: 9
• 生实 (生實) 生實信種萬億善根 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, True faith is rare in the world - Part 6 [Lecture] 真實信心世間稀有分第六 【講話】 — count: 8
• 生在 (生在) 並不一定要生在佛世 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Manifest Benefits 1: the Thirty Three Manifestations of Avalokiteśvara (holy body) 顯　益 一．三十三身（聖身） — count: 6
• 生脱 (生脫) 是指辦了生脫死及廣度眾生大事業的人 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 1: An Overview of the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings 第一講　八大人覺經的概述 — count: 5
• 一念生 (一念生) 一念生淨信 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, True faith is rare in the world - Part 6 [Lecture] 真實信心世間稀有分第六 【講話】 — count: 4
• 便生 (便生) 見所違忤便生恚怒 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 6: Study Widely, Listen More 第六講　智慧為化愚的根本 — count: 4
• 生净信 (生淨信) 一念生淨信 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, True faith is rare in the world - Part 6 [Lecture] 真實信心世間稀有分第六 【講話】 — count: 4
• 生心 (生心) 不應住色生心 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Making the Buddha realm magnificint without dwelling in appearances - Part 10 [Lecture] 莊嚴佛土無有住相分第十 【講話】 — count: 4
• 未生 (未生) 就是要我人未生的善心令速生 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 5: Laziness Leads to Downfall 第五講　精進為降魔的根本 — count: 4