生 shēng HSK1 life Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: to light All meanings 7,070 shēng 7,070 life 2,287to give rise to 1,765student 1,214to be born 774to live 719unfamiliar 166to give birth 98to grow 95raw 18unprocessed 5to light 3stiffly 1 Some sentences contain multiple meanings of 生, so totals are smaller than the sum of items. 3 sentences for 生 (shēng — to light) 我们将教你如何生火。 wǒmen jiāng jiāo nǐ rúhé shēng huǒ. We will teach you how to make fire. Source: CCMatrix生个火到底会有多难? shēng ge huǒ dàodǐ huì yǒu duō nán? How hard can it be to build a fire? Source: OpenSubtitles他说他在生火。 tā shuō tā zài shēng huǒ. He said he was making a fire. Source: AI Challenger 2017