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牲

shēng

HSK 6 Character

What 牲 means

1. domestic animal
2. sacrificial animal

Example sentences

• “膟”是一种用牲法。
  "Intestinal fat" is a kind of sacrifice.
• 你这个畜牲，给我滚开！
  Nǐ zhège chùshēng, gěi wǒ gǔnkāi!
  You filthy beast, get out of here!
• 他牺牲生命，出卖组织。
  He sacrificed his life and betrayed the organization.
• 监狱生活比做畜牲还不如。
  Jiānyù shēnghuó bǐzuò chùshēng háibùrú.
  Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.
• 士兵们已经准备好为国牺牲了。
  The soldiers were ready to die for their country.
• 他白白牺牲生命，忘了出卖组织。
  Tā báibái xīshēng shēngmìng, wàng le chūmài zǔzhī.
  He wastes his life, forgetting to betray his organization.

Words starting with 牲

• 牲畜shēng chùfarm animal; livestock
• 牲口shēng kouanimals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden
• 牲礼shēng lǐ(religion) to sacrifice; sacrifice; animal offered as sacrifice
• 牲体shēng tǐbody of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially

Words containing 牲

• 牺牲xī shēngto sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
• 牺牲品xī shēng pǐnsacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss
• 祭牲jì shēngsacrificial animal
• 牺牲打xī shēng dǎsacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
• 牺牲者xī shēng zhěsb who sacrifices himself; sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable
• 英勇牺牲yīng yǒng xī shēngto heroically sacrifice one's life
• 三牲sān shēngthe three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)
• 畜牲chù shēngvariant of 畜生
• 宰牲节Zǎi shēng jiésee 古尔邦节

Characters built on 生

These share the phonetic component 生 (shēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 笙shēngsheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 眚shěngcataract of the eye; error

Characters that look like 牲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 牧mùto herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on

Sounds the same

Read shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 声sound; voice; tone
• 升to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter
• 笙sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
• 甥(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 昇(used as a surname and in given names)
• 泩rising of water
• 鼪stoat; weasel
• 呏gallon; quart
• 曻variant of 升