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ㄕㄥ [sheng1.Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  Life: [sheng1ming4]↓;
[sheng1huo2]↓;
取義 sacrifice life for honor;
risk one's life;
起死回 (of good doctors) effect a miraculous cure;
圈 lifebelt;
cultivate health.
(2)  Lifetime, life span: 一 whole life;
half one's life (struggling, etc.);
,今 this present life or incarnation;
future life;
世世 generation after generation;
時 when one was alive;
the remaining years of one's life;
keep alive without serious ambition or purpose;
,重 next incarnation, also rebirth;
eternal life, also 常
(3)  Living beings : [sheng1ling2]↓;
all animal kingdom;
the beasts;
kill animate beings;
(Budd.) buy fish and turtle and keep them alive in a pond (called 放池).
(4)  A living: 謀,營 make a living;
活,計,[sheng1huo2], [sheng1ji4]2, [sheng1ya2]↓.
(5)  Student, pupil, scholar: 儒 Confucian scholar;
a scholar, a pedant: 書之見 pedantic views;
徒 student, also apprentice;
teacher, also “Mr.” (placed after surname), also (polite and friendly) after personal name;
[sheng1yUan2]↓;
formerly, personal student or pupil of a master, also successful candidate vis輁is the examiner;
,女 boy, girl student;
,晚 self-reference of student, esp. in letter to teacher;
畢業 graduate student.
(6)  Male actor, opp. 旦 [dan4], actress.
V(1)  Happen, occur: [sheng1qi3]↓;
v.i., (s.t.) happens, or v.t., produce (accident).
(2)  Produce, give birth to: 出 be born;
年月 date of birth;
下了男孩 give birth to a boy;
育,[sheng1yU4], [sheng1zhi2]↓;
財,[sheng1cai2], [sheng1chan3]↓;
[sheng1jU4]↓;
viviparous, -ity;
oviparous, ovipara, -ity, those that produce offspring by eggs;
midwifery.
(3)  Create (accident, trouble, etc.): 事,出事來 cause trouble;
花樣 make difficulties;
節外枝 bring up unnecessary ramifications;
無事非 make uncalled-for trouble.
(4)  Be born (handsome, stupid, etc.), to grow: 得很漂亮 grow up beautiful;
得矮 be born short;
長,[sheng1zhang3], [sheng1cheng2]↓.
Adj(1)  Raw.uncooked (meat, fruit), not processed (iron, copper, silk, oil, etc.): 菜 uncooked, fresh vegetable;
[sheng1you2]↓;
unripe: 蘋果得很 the apple is still quite unripe;
地 one's birthplace, a strange place, a piece of uncultivated land;
書,課 a new, yet untaught lesson.
(2)  Crude, inexperienced, not smooth, not well learned: 澀,[sheng1se4]2, [sheng1ying4]↓;
[sheng1shou3]↓.
(3)  Strange, unfamiliar: 人,[sheng1ren2], [sheng1ke4]1↓;
,陌 (face) not seen before;
字 new, unlearned character.
(4)  Alive: 擒 capture alive;
吞活剝 interpret text, passage crudely without real understanding (“eat it alive”);
拉硬拽 do arm-twisting, force s.o. to do s.t.
Adv(1)  Keenly in 恐,[sheng1kong3], [sheng1pa4]↓;
疼 keenly painful;
very much alive.
(2)  Abruptly, rudely, by force: 把他拉下來 pull him down by force;
abruptly.
(3)  Used as adv. ending: 好走路 walk cardfully;
unfortunately;
我又不會 unfortunately, I don't know how;
how: 不知怎是好 don't know what to do (esp. in MC=怎麼, also wr. 作麼).
Words1.變 [sheng1bian4], v.i., trouble arises (mutiny, etc.). 
2.病 [sheng1bing4], v.i., fall ill. 
3.產 [sheng1chan3], v.i. & t. & n., (1)  produce, production: 產過剩 overproduction; 產力 productivity; 產率 rate of production; 產費 cost of production; 產量 volume of production; (2)  give birth to children. 
4.辰 [sheng1chen2], n., birthday. 
5.成 [sheng1cheng2], adj., born (clever, stubborn, etc.). 
6.前 [sheng1qian2], adv., while person was living. 
7.氣 [sheng1qi4](1)  v.i., to get angry; (2)  n., vitality (of vegetation, writing, also pr. ([sheng1qi0]). 
8.起 [sheng1qi3], v.t., to bring about. 
9.芻 [sheng1chu2], n., hay; (allu.) offering at grave, funeral gift. 
10.全 [sheng1qUan2], v. i., return alive, survive. 
11.趣 [sheng1qU4], n., as in 有趣 (writing) has lively interest; full of vitality. 
12.齒 [sheng1chi3], n., population: 齒過剩 overpopulation. 
13.動 [sheng1dong4], adj., moving: 氣韻動 (painting) has rhythmic vitality. 
14.發 [sheng1fa1], v.i., produce (profit). 
15.髮油 [sheng1fa3you2], n., hair oil. 
16.番 [sheng1fan1], n., savage, cannibal; savage tribe. 
17.分 [sheng1fen0], adj., (person) not intimate enough, not well known to one: 不分 quite familiar with each other. 
18.根 [sheng1gen1], v.i., take root (habit, studies). 
19.花 [sheng1hua1], phr., 花之筆,筆花 gifted pen, a rich style (Li Po dreamed that his “pen grew blossoms”). 
20.還 [sheng1huan2], phr., return alive. 
21.貨 [sheng1huo4], n., raw goods, material. 
22.火 [sheng1huo3], v.i., to light a fire. 
23.活 [sheng1huo2](1)  n., life, living, profession: 活維艱 it is hard making a living; n., 做活 make a living; 吃活 (Shanghai dialect) get a beating; 活費 living expenses, cost of living; 活力 vitality; 活素 vitamin (also 維他命); (2)  v.i., to live: 民非水火不能活 man cannot live without fire and water. 
24.虎子 [sheng1hu3zi0], n., (sl.) an inexperienced hand. 
25.長 [sheng1zhang3], v.i., (1)  (plants) grow; (2)  (the young) grow up: 長得不錯 grow up quite handsome. 
26.機 [sheng1ji1], n., spring of vitality, a new lease of life. 
27.薑 [sheng1jiang1], n., raw ginger. 
28.忌 [sheng1ji4]1, n., birthday of deceased person. 
29.計 [sheng1ji4]2, n., living, means of livelihood, profession. 
30.就(的) [sheng1jiu4]([de0]), adj., born one way or another (nervous, suspicious, etc.). 
31.知 [sheng1zhi1], n., (AC) those who are born wise. 
32.殖 [sheng1zhi2](1)  v.i., (plants) grow, multiply; (2)  v.i. & n., (men) reproduce, multiply,reproduction; v.i. & n., 殖器 sexual organs (male and female). 
33.聚 [sheng1jU4], v.i., (AC, LL of a nation) grow in population. 
34.客 [sheng1ke4]1, n., a stranger. 
35.剋 [sheng1ke4]2, v.i., mutually accelerate, reinforce, or counteract, neutralize; phr. in 五行 (the five movements): accelerate, 剋 counteract (木火,火剋金 “wood” accelerates “fire”, and “fire” is inimical to “metal”). 
36.口 [sheng1kou3], n., (1)  domestic animals (usu. wr. 牲口); (2)  (AC) war prisoners. 
37.壙 [sheng1kuang4], n., tomb erected by person or for oneself, while living. 
38.恐 [sheng1kong3], v.i., to fear, be afraid, see [sheng1pa4]↓. 
39.來 [sheng1lai2], adj., see [sheng1jiu4], [sheng1cheng2]↑. 
40.冷 [sheng1leng3], adj., cold (in style, approach); n., (Chin. med.) cold dishes, cold drinks, fruits. 
41.臉兒 [sheng1lia3er0], n., a stranger. 
42.憐 [sheng1lian2], v.t., to love (child, helpless or small being). 
43.料 [sheng1liao4], n., dry goods; 料廠 timber shop. 
44.利 [sheng1li4], v.i., (capital) bears interest; (business) makes profit. 
45.力軍 [sheng1li4jUn1], n., (mil.) fresh reinforcement. 
46.理 [sheng1li3], n., (1)  理學 physiology: 理化學 physiological chemistry; 理學家 physiologist; (2)  (dial.) business; (3)  料無理 it is feared s.o. will not live. 
47.靈 [sheng1ling2], n., all living things: 靈塗炭 the people's life destroyed, all life decimated. 
48.路 [sheng1lu4], n., way out: 無路 no way out or chance of escape; 另謀路 find another way of living. 
49.龍 (活虎) [sheng1long2], phr., 龍活虎 (of fighter or painting) extremely forceful or vivid. 
50.煤 [sheng1mei2], n., unburnt coal. 
51.命 [sheng1ming4], n., life: 命之保障 protection of life; 命保險 life insurance. 
52.民 [sheng1min2], n., (LL) the people, mankind: 民以來 since creation of mankind. 
53.母 [sheng1mu3], n., one's own mother. 
54.怕 [sheng1pa4], v.i., to fear, be afraid, lest: 怕來不及 afraid it is too late; 
55.命 [sheng1ming4], n., 怕他不答應 afraid that he will not consent. 
56.平 [sheng1ping2], adv. phr., all one's life; usually: 平不好酒 usually (one) does not drink or never drinks. 
57.人 [sheng1ren2], n., a stranger. 
58.日 [sheng1](')[ri4], n., birthday. 
59.色 [sheng1se4]1(1)  v.i., add color or luster (to gathering), come alive; (2)  adj., distinctive (performance). 
60.澀 [sheng1se4]2, adj., crude, faulty (knowledge), lacking in fluency (in reading). 
61.身 [sheng1shen1], n., as in 身父母 parents who give you birth; the (Mongolian) one who has not had smallpox. 
62. [sheng1sheng1], adv., (1)  generation after generation: 世世 ditto; (2)  well and healthy: 憂慮出病來 get sick from sheer worry (for a healthy person); 好的怎麼就死了 how could he die so suddenly-he was looking so well? 不息 life and growth in nature, continuous reproduction (of plants and animals). 
63.肖 [sheng1xiao4], n., the year of the animal in which one was born: 十二肖 (the year of the) rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, lamb, monkey, chicken, dog, pig-corresponding to the duodecimal cycle 子丑寅卯, etc.; see Appendix A. 
64.隙 [sheng1xi4], v.i., cause friction (between people). 
65.性 [sheng1xing4](1)  n., one's born nature (violent, gentle, etc.); (2)  ([sheng1xing0]) adj., aloof, solitary in nature: 他有點兒性 he does not get along well with people. 
66.心 [sheng1xin1], v.i., (AC) begin to feel disloyal. 
67.息 [sheng1xi2], v.i., (1)  (money) bear interest; (2)  (of animal herds) multiply. 
68.手(兒) [sheng1shou3]([er0]), n., an inexperienced hand. 
69.受 [sheng1shou4], v.i., (esp. Mc) to suffer: 不好受 difficult to bear; (MC) to suffer: 不好受 difficult to bear; (MC) 受你 (=modn. 難為你) thanks for the trouble. 
70.疏 [sheng1shu1], adj., (1)  (of friends) having less contact, getting more distant; (2)  (piano playing, sleight-of-hand, etc.) having not played for a long time, getting rusty. 
71.水 [sheng1shui3], n., unboiled water; fresh water. 
72.事 [sheng1shi4], v.i., to cause trouble. 
73.石灰 [sheng1shi2hui1], n., (chem.) calcium oxide. 
74.死 [sheng1si3], phr., life and death: 死關頭 grave crisis between life and death; 死之交 a friend until death. 
75.態學 [sheng1tai4xUe2], n., ecology, study of environmental influence on living beings. 
76.鐵 [sheng1tie3], n., pig iron, cast iron. 
77.菜 [sheng1cai4], n., (1)  uncooked or fresh vegetable; (2)  lettuce. 
78.財 [sheng1cai2], v.i., to make money. 
79.存 [sheng1cun2], v.i. & n., survive, survive-al. 
80.祠 [sheng1ci2], n., temple to one still living. 
81.疼 [sheng1tong4](1)  adj., very painful; (2)  v.t., to love dearly. 
82.徒 [sheng1tu2], n., disciple; pupil of private school; apprentice. 
83.子 [sheng1zi3], v.i., to give birth to a son. 
84.物 [sheng1wu4], n., living creature or plants; 物學 [sheng1wu4xUe2], biology; 物化學 biochemistry. 
85.養 [sheng1yang3], v.i., (of parents) give birth to and bring up children. 
86.涯 [sheng1ya2], n., see [sheng1ji4]2↑. 
87.業 [sheng1ye4], n., business: 不治業 does not attend to business or hold a job. 
88.意 [sheng1yi4], n., (1)  prospect of living or survival; (2)  ([sheng1yi4] or [sheng1yi0]) a business or business deal: 做意 run a business (shop, etc.); ([sheng1yi0]) a crooked deal; n., 意口 [sheng1yi4kou3], n., words of a petty dealer, not to be trusted; n., business man's ways or know-how; 意經 [sheng1yi4jing1], business sense, business expertise. 
89.硬 [sheng1ying4], adj., not smooth, not polished, crude (writing), rigid, stern, stiff. 
90.油 [sheng1you2], n., (1)  peanut oil; (2)  unrefined oil. 
91.員 [sheng1yUan2], n., formerly, students. 
92.育 [sheng1yU4], v.t. & n., give birth to and raise (children); growth (of population); 育能力 fertility.