生动

Character by character

• 生shēng5 strokesHSK 1life, living, lifetime; birth
• 动dòng6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 動move, happen; movement, action

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 生动. 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

• 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

• 动dòngHSK 1

  (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb

• 活动huó dòngHSK 2

  to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior

• 学生xué shengHSK 1

  student; schoolchild

• 行动xíng dòngHSK 2

  operation; action; to move about; mobile

• 生命shēng mìngHSK 3

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

• 医生yī shēngHSK 1

  doctor

• 人生rén shēngHSK 3

  life (one's time on earth)

• 运动yùn dòngHSK 2

  to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign

• 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

• 动作dòng zuòHSK 1

  movement; motion; action; to act; to move

• 动物dòng wùHSK 2

  animal

• 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

• 激动jī dòngHSK 4

  to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite

• 移动yí dòngHSK 4

  to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable

• 启动qǐ dòngHSK 5

  to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)

• 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