牲 shēng

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Traditional form

牲 shēng

Contains the radical

牛 Niú

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰牛生

Semantic compound

牛 Niú

Phonetic compound

生 shēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 Niú represents the meaning and 生 shēng represents the sound.

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牲口 shēng kou 棚 péng 里 lǐ 的 de 牲口 shēng kou 饿 è 得 dé 朝 Cháo 她 tā 嗷嗷叫.

The stock in the barn cried to her hungrily.

我 wǒ 可 kě 不 bù 愿意 yuànyì 牺牲 xīshēng 一 yī 天 tiān 休假 xiū jià 日 Rì 单单 dān dān 陪 péi 简 jiǎn 去 qù 买 mǎi 东西 dōngxī .

I'm not sacrificing my day off just to go shopping with Jane.

狗 gǒu 惊慌 jīng huāng 万 Mò 状 zhuàng , 犹如 yóurú 关在圈 juān 里 lǐ 的 de 牲口 shēng kou ,吓 hè 得 dé 转 zhuǎn 着 zhāo 圈 juān 乱 luàn 蹦 bèng 乱 luàn 踢 tī .

Fear - stricken, the dog turned and flurried like an animal in a pen.

役 yì 用 yòng 犬 quǎn 能 Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 农工 nóng gōng 驱赶 qū gǎn 牲畜 shēngchù 到 dào 他们 tā men 需要 xūyào 它们 tā men 的 de 方向 fāngxiàng .

Working dogs help ranchers drive animals where they want them to go.

每天 měi tiān 都 dōu 有 yǒu 几 jī 百 Bǎi 人 rén 染 rǎn 上 shǎng 这种 zhè zhǒng 可怕 kěpà 的 de 传染病 chuán rǎn bìng 而 ér 牺牲 xīshēng .

Daily, hundreds fell a sacrifice to the terrible epidemic.

Explore 8 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 牲 shēng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
牺牲 xīshēng	to sacrifice one's life	犧牲
牲畜 shēngchù	livestock	牲畜 shēngchù
牲 shēng	domestic animal	牲 shēng
牺牲品 xī shēng pǐn	sacrificial victim	犧牲品
牲口 shēng kou	beast of burden	牲口 shēng kou
牺牲者 xī shēng zhě	sacrificial victim	犧牲者
英勇牺牲 yīng yǒng xī shēng	to heroically sacrifice one's life	英勇犧牲
宰牲节 Zǎi shēng jié	Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar	宰牲節