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笙

shēng

Character

What 笙 means

1. sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

Example sentences

• 我听说经理的妻子出去度假了。这时就是山中无老虎，猴子称大王了。现在经理他夜夜笙箫。
  Wǒ tīngshuō jīnglǐ de qīzi chūqù dùjià le. zhèshí jiùshì shānzhōngwúlǎohǔ, hóuzichēngdàiwang le. xiànzài jīnglǐ tā yèyè shēngxiāo.
  I heard the manager's wife is on vacation. And, well, when the cat's away, the mice play. Now he's out partying every night.

Words starting with 笙

• 笙歌shēng gēmusic and song (formal writing)
• 笙管shēng guǎnpipes of a panpipe
• 笙簧shēng huángreeds of a panpipe
• 笙箫shēng xiāoreed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute

Words containing 笙

• 杜月笙Dù Yuè shēngDu Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
• 排笙pái shēngreed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard
• 竹笙zhú shēngbamboo fungus
• 胡笙hú shēngpipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
• 芦笙lú shēngreed-pipe wind instrument

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
• 牲shēngdomestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 眚shěngcataract of the eye; error

Characters that look like 笙

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

• 装zhuāngadornment; to adorn; dress
• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 筐kuāngbasket
• 宸chénimperial apartments
• 笠lìbamboo rain hat

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
• 牲domestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 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