出生

Character by character

• 出chū5 strokesHSK 1go out, send out; stand; produce
• 生shēng5 strokesHSK 1life, living, lifetime; birth

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Words with the same characters

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

• 出chūHSK 1

  to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

• 生活shēng huóHSK 2

  to live; life; livelihood

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

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

• 出来chū láiHSK 1

  to come out; to appear; to arise

• 出现chū xiànHSK 2

  to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up

• 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

• 出去chū qùHSK 1

  to go out

• 医生yī shēngHSK 1

  doctor

• 人生rén shēngHSK 3

  life (one's time on earth)

• 提出tí chūHSK 2

  to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)

• 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

• 演出yǎn chūHSK 3

  to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show

• 一生yī shēngHSK 2

  all one's life; throughout one's life

• 出口chū kǒuHSK 2

  an exit; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port

• 出发chū fāHSK 2

  to set off; to start (on a journey)

• 女生nǚ shēngHSK 1

  schoolgirl; female student; girl

• 发出fā chūHSK 3

  to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)

• 出色chū sèHSK 4

  remarkable; outstanding

• 付出fù chūHSK 4

  to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

• 生意shēng yìHSK 3

  life force; vitality