Word
生活 — Chinese word meaning
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生活 (shēng huó) is a Chinese word: life. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.
Meaning of 生活
名 noun
life
我喜欢这里的生活。
I like the life here.
动 verb
to live
他在北京生活了五年。
He has lived in Beijing for five years.
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Structure & writing
生 is a component in 7 characters
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活 is a component in 1 characters
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汽
gas or vapor formed by heating a liquid or certain solids
沙
sand; tiny stone particles
河
river (natural or artificial waterway)
法
law; the body of rules enacted or recognized by the state and enforced by state power, including statutes, decrees, regulations, orders, and decisions
注
to pour into; to fill with liquid
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活
to live; to be alive (opposite of '死')
海
sea; ocean area near land (also used for large lakes, e.g. 青海, 里海)
清
pure and clear, free of impurities (opposite of '浊'); ① purely, solely; ② quiet
渴
to be thirsty
满
full; filled to capacity
演
to evolve; to change gradually
澡
to bathe, wash the whole body
激
to strike with water; to stir up emotions
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汤
hot water; boiling water
油
oil (liquid fat from animals or plants, or liquid hydrocarbon mixture from minerals)
泼
to splash or spill liquid forcefully
洋
ocean (the vast body of salt water covering about 70% of Earth's surface, divided into four parts: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Oceans)
洲
continent (one of the seven major landmasses of the earth)
流
to flow (of liquid)
济
cross a river; ford
浪
wave; billow on rivers, lakes, or seas
消
to gradually diminish until gone; to vanish
深
deep (opposite of shallow)
温
neither cold nor hot; lukewarm
漫
to overflow (water spilling over)
落
to fall; to drop down
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沿
along (a river, road, or edge of something)
泛
to float; to drift
泪
tears; colorless liquid secreted by the lacrimal glands of the eye
洒
to sprinkle or scatter water or other things on the ground
洞
cave; hole; hollow or deep recess in an object
浅
shallow (opposite of 'deep')
浇
to pour liquid onto something
测
to measure; to gauge using instruments or standards
浏
(lit.) clear and limpid (of water)
浓
(of liquid or gas) thick; dense (opposite of 淡)
润
to moisten; to add oil or water to prevent dryness
涨
to rise (of water level)
淡
dilute; thin (of liquid or gas, opposite of 浓)
渐
gradually; little by little
湖
lake (large body of water surrounded by land)
湿
wet; damp; moist (opposite of 干)
源
source of water, where a stream originates (opposite of 流)
滑
smooth; slippery (low friction)
滚
to roll; to tumble
漏
to drip, seep, or fall through a hole or crack
漠
desert; arid sandy region
范
(lit.) mold; model
薄
slight, little
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洁
clean; pure; free of impurities
洪
large; great
浮
to float on the surface of a liquid (opposite of '沉')
浴
to bathe; to take a bath
涉
to wade across water; to cross over water
涌
to gush; (of water) to bubble up; (of clouds) to rise
液
liquid; a fluid substance with definite volume but no fixed shape
涵
to contain; to encompass
淋
to drip or splash onto a surface
淘
to rinse (granular material) in water to remove impurities
混
to mix (different things) together
淹
to submerge; to flood
添
to add; to increase
渠
waterway, especially an artificially dug canal or ditch
渡
to cross (a river or body of water)
港
harbor or port where large ships can dock
滴
to drip (liquid falls drop by drop)
漱
to rinse the mouth with water
潜
to submerge; to dive underwater
潮
tidal phenomenon; rise and fall of seawater due to the gravitational pull of the sun and moon
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沐
to wash one's hair; to bathe, wash
沛
(lit.) abundant; copious; vigorous
沧
dark green (of water)
沫
foam; froth (tiny bubbles formed by a liquid)
沮
to stop; to obstruct
沸
to boil (of a liquid heated to the point of rapid vaporization)
沼
natural pond; marsh
沾
to soak; to moisten
泄
(of liquid or gas) to discharge, to leak out
泊
to moor a boat; to dock
泌
to secrete (a substance from a living organism)
泞
(lit.) accumulated mud; mire
波
waves on the surface of water (rivers, lakes, seas, etc.)
泣
to weep silently or softly
泻
to flow down rapidly (of liquid)
津
ford; river crossing
洽
harmonious; in accord
浊
(of water, air, etc.) murky, impure, turbid — opposite of 清
浑
murky; turbid (of water)
浩
vast, grand, magnificent
浸
to soak in liquid; to steep
涂
to apply (paint, ointment, etc.) by spreading or brushing onto a surface
涕
tears
涛
large waves
涝
waterlogged (of crops flooded by excessive rain, opposite of 旱)
涡
whirlpool; eddy formed by rotating water
涤
to wash
涩
rough; not smooth (high friction)
涮
to swish in water to rinse lightly
涯
water's edge; shore; boundary
淀
shallow lake (used in place names)
淆
confused, mixed up, disordered
淌
（of liquid）to flow down, to trickle
淤
to silt up; to become clogged with sediment
淳
a surname
渔
to fish; to catch fish
渗
to seep; to permeate slowly
渣
residue left after extracting the essence or juice
渺
vast and boundless (of water)
湃
used in '澎湃': ① waves crashing loudly against each other; ② (fig.) surging emotions; ③ (fig.) grand and imposing momentum
湛
deep
湾
a bend or curve in a river
溃
breach (of a dike by floodwater)
溅
(of liquid) to splash, to spatter
溉
(lit.) to irrigate; to water
溜
to glide; to slide (downward)
溢
to overflow; to brim over
溪
small stream or brook
溯
to go against the current
溶
to dissolve (a substance uniformly distributed in another to form a solution)
溺
to drown; to be submerged in water
滋
to grow, to sprout
滔
floodwaters overflowing
滞
to stagnate, accumulate, not flow freely
滤
to filter; to strain (liquid or gas through gauze, charcoal, sand, etc. to remove impurities)
滥
to overflow; to flood
滨
waterside; place near water
滩
beach; shoal; sandbank (flat land formed by silt along rivers, lakes, or seas)
漆
general term for viscous coating materials (paint/lacquer)
漾
ripple on the water surface
潇
(lit.) clear and deep (of water)
潦
see "潦草": ① (handwriting) untidy; ② (work) careless, sloppy
潭
deep pool; deep pit; by extension: deep
澄
clear and transparent (of water)
澈
clear and transparent (of water)
澎
used in "澎湖" (Penghu Islands, in the southeastern Taiwan Strait)
澜
large waves; billows
濒
to border on (a body of water)
瀑
waterfall
瀚
(lit.) vast; boundless
灌
to irrigate; to water
茫
vast and boundless, indistinct
萍
duckweed; aquatic herb floating on water surface with flat oval leaves and hanging roots
衍
(lit.) to develop and elaborate; to extend and unfold
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