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生活 shēnghuó

生活 shēnghuó Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 生活 shēnghuó .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shēnghuó | sheng1 huo2
English translation
life
activity
to live
livelihood

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About 生活 shēnghuó

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Traditional form

生活 shēnghuó
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Etymology of 生活 shēnghuó

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shēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a sprout emerging from the ground.

Positional decomposition

一土

Number of Strokes

5
huó

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and shé represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shé

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵舌

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 生活 shēnghuó

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ràng chóng shè 生活 shēnghuó de 意义 yìyì .

She showed him all right to live again.

hāi , yǒu le 这些 zhè xiē Qián , 可以 kěyǐ 安安静静 de 嘉莉生活 shēnghuó 很多 Nián .

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.

diāo shì 仿 fǎng de 艺术 yìshù (模刻真实 zhēnshí 生活 shēnghuó Zhōng de rén děng ).

Sculpture is an imitative art, ie it copies people, things, etc from real life.

zhù zài 贫民窟 pín mín kū de 这些 zhè xiē rén 生活 shēnghuó duō 可怜 kělián ya !

What a wretched existence these people lead in the slums!

生活 shēnghuó jiù xiàng zài zuò 辗转反 de mèng 一样 yīyàng .

Life was like a restless dream.

生活 shēnghuó Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 生活 shēnghuó and their own compounds.

生活 shēnghuó Compounds

See all 59 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 生活 shēnghuó in their composition.

  • shēng
    • xīng
      • xǐng , xīng , xīng , xīng , děng , qíng , , , , , , ,
    • Lóng
      • 窿 lóng , lóng , , , ,
    • chǎn
    • xìng , shèng , xìng , shēng , shēng , shēng , jīng , , xīng , shēng , shēn , chǎn , shěng , shēng , , , , , , , , , , ruí , , , , , ,
  • huó
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