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生活

shēng huó

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 4

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shēng huó · sang1 wut6 (Jyutping)

  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

生

Meaning
life, living, lifetime; birth
Radical
生
Strokes
5
Components
⿻一土
Cangjie
HQM
Four-corner
2510.0

活

Meaning
live, exist, survive; lively
Radical
氵
Strokes
9
Components
⿰氵舌
Cangjie
EHJR
Four-corner
3216.4

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