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衍生

yǎn shēng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

衍生 (yǎn shēng) means "to give rise to; to derive; derivative". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 衍生 means

1. to give rise to
2. to derive
3. derivative
4. derivation

The characters in 衍生

• 衍yǎnto spread out; to develop; to overflow
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 这个词是由希腊语衍生的。
  This word is derived from Greek.
• 这个字是希腊语衍生出来的。
  Zhège zì shì Xīlàyǔ yǎnshēng chūlái de.
  This word is derived from Greek.
• 这个字也是由法语衍生出来的。
  Zhège zì yě shì yóu Fǎyǔ yǎnshēng chūlái de.
  This word is also French in origin.
• 如果你在股票市场上赌博，你是个投资者...如果你在衍生性金融商品市场上赌博，你是个商人...如果你在赌场上赌博，你是个失败者...道德？
  Rúguǒ nǐ zài gǔpiàoshìchǎng shàng dǔbó, nǐ shì gè tóuzīzhě... rúguǒ nǐ zài yǎnshēng xìng jīnróng shāngpǐn shìchǎng shàng dǔbó, nǐ shì gè shāngrén... rúguǒ nǐ zài dǔchǎng shàng dǔbó, nǐ shì gè shībàizhě... dàodé?
  If you gamble on the stock market, you are an investor... If you gamble on the derivatives market, you are a trader... If you gamble at the casino, you are a loser... Morality?

Words starting with 衍生

• 衍生剧yǎn shēng jùspin-off series (TV)
• 衍生物yǎn shēng wùderivative; offshoot
• 衍生工具yǎn shēng gōng jùderivative (finance)
• 衍生产品yǎn shēng chǎn pǐnderivative product; derivative (in finance)

Words containing 衍生

• 信贷衍生产品xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐncredit derivative (in finance)
• 金融衍生产品jīn róng yǎn shēng chǎn pǐnfinancial derivative

Sounds the same

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

• 眼生unfamiliar; strange-looking

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