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生理

shēng lǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

生理 (shēng lǐ) means "physiology". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 生理 means

1. physiology

The characters in 生理

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Words starting with 生理

• 生理学shēng lǐ xuéphysiology
• 生理性shēng lǐ xìngphysiological
• 生理期shēng lǐ qīmenstrual period
• 生理学家shēng lǐ xué jiāphysiologist
• 生理假shēng lǐ jiàmenstrual leave (Tw)
• 生理盐水shēng lǐ yán shuǐsaline (medicine)

Sounds the same

Read shēng lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 牲礼(religion) to sacrifice; sacrifice; animal offered as sacrifice

Where 生理 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shēng–shèn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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