生命

Character by character

• 生shēng5 strokesHSK 1life, living, lifetime; birth
• 命mìng8 strokesHSK 3life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

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

Example sentences

• 我爱生命。

  Wǒ ài shēng mìng

  I love life.

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• 水就是生命。

  Shuǐ jiù shì shēng mìng

  Water is life.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 生命. 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

• 学生xué shengHSK 1

  student; schoolchild

• 医生yī shēngHSK 1

  doctor

• 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

• 命mìngHSK 6

  life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc

• 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

• 命运mìng yùnHSK 3

  fate; destiny

• 命令mìng lìngHSK 5

  order; command

• 生存shēng cúnHSK 3

  to exist; to survive

• 男生nán shēngHSK 1

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

• 革命gé mìngHSK 7

  to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)

• 卫生wèi shēngHSK 3

  health; hygiene; sanitation

• 救命jiù mìngHSK 6

  to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!