先生

Character by character

• 先xiān6 strokesHSK 1first, former, previous
• 生shēng5 strokesHSK 1life, living, lifetime; birth

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

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

• 生活shēng huóHSK 2

  to live; life; livelihood

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

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

• 先xiānHSK 1

  early; prior; former; in advance; first

• 生shēngHSK 2

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

• 学生xué shengHSK 1

  student; schoolchild

• 生命shēng mìngHSK 3

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

• 医生yī shēngHSK 1

  doctor

• 首先shǒu xiānHSK 3

  first (of all); in the first place

• 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

• 生日shēng rìHSK 1

  birthday

• 一生yī shēngHSK 2

  all one's life; throughout one's life

• 女生nǚ shēngHSK 1

  schoolgirl; female student; girl

• 出生chū shēngHSK 2

  to be born

• 生意shēng yìHSK 3

  life force; vitality

• 生气shēng qìHSK 1

  to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness

• 生物shēng wùHSK 7

  organism; living creature; life form; biological

• 生产shēng chǎnHSK 3

  to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child

• 生存shēng cúnHSK 3

  to exist; to survive

• 男生nán shēngHSK 1

  schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)

• 领先lǐng xiānHSK 3

  to lead; to be in front

• 卫生wèi shēngHSK 3

  health; hygiene; sanitation

• 先进xiān jìnHSK 3

  advanced (technology); to advance

• 生长shēng zhǎngHSK 3

  to grow; to grow up; to be brought up