一生

Character by character

• 一yī1 strokesHSK 1one; a, an; alone
• 生shēng5 strokesHSK 1life, living, lifetime; birth

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 一生. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 一yīHSK 1

  one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

• 一起yī qǐHSK 1

  in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)

• 一些yī xiēHSK 1

  some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er

• 一定yī dìngHSK 2

  surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must

• 生活shēng huóHSK 2

  to live; life; livelihood

• 一直yī zhíHSK 2

  straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

  to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

• 第一dì yī

  first; number one; primary

• 一样yī yàngHSK 1

  same; like; equal to; the same as; just like

• 一切yī qièHSK 3

  everything; every; all

• 唯一wéi yīHSK 5

  only; sole

• 生shēngHSK 2

  to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student

• 先生xiān shengHSK 1

  teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor

• 学生xué shengHSK 1

  student; schoolchild

• 生命shēng mìngHSK 3

  life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature

• 一般yī bānHSK 2

  same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general

• 医生yī shēngHSK 1

  doctor

• 之一zhī yīHSK 4

  one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

• 人生rén shēngHSK 3

  life (one's time on earth)

• 产生chǎn shēngHSK 3

  to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate

• 一边yī biānHSK 1

  one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while

• 一旦yī dànHSK 5

  in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day

• 生日shēng rìHSK 1

  birthday

• 一半yī bànHSK 1

  half