生, shēng

Meaning: to give birth, to grow, to get (ill)

HSK 4 word

Example

她去年生了一个女儿。

Tā qùnián shēngle yí gè nǚ'ér.

She had a daughter last year.

Also written 生: shēng, “raw, unripe, unfamiliar” (HSK 4).

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