生

shēng · saang1 (Jyutping)

1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
2. to arise; to occur
3. to light (a fire)
4. to live; to be alive
5. life
6. raw; uncooked; unprocessed
7. unfamiliar; strange
8. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field
9. (bound form) male role in traditional opera
10. (bound form) life; lifetime
11. (bound form) means of livelihood
12. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2])
13. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])