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To live in Chinese: 生活 (shēng huó)

shēng huó

to live

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to live
  2. 2life
  3. 3livelihood

Stroke order

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生
活

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄥ

shēng

ㄕ/ shㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄛˊ

huó

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 生活第一！

    shēng huó dì yī！

    Life first!

  • 生活怎么样？

    shēng huó zěn me yàng？

    How's life?

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Related words

生

shēng

to be born

活

huó

to live

先生

xiān sheng

teacher

学生

xué sheng

student

医生

yī shēng

doctor

生病

shēng bìng

to fall ill

生日

shēng rì

birthday

生气

shēng qì

to get angry

出生

chū shēng

to be born

发生

fā shēng

to happen

活动

huó dòng

to exercise

活泼

huó po

lively

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