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须生

xū shēng

2-character word Traditional 鬚生

What 须生 means

1. see {老生|lǎo shēng}

The characters in 须生

• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Words containing 须生

• 四大须生sì dà xū shēngFour great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 马连良, Tan Fuying 谭富英, Yang Baosen…

Sounds the same

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

• 嘘声hissing sound; to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xū shēng correctly.
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