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产生

chǎn shēng · chan sheng

Traditional 產生

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to arise; to come into being; to come about
  2. to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
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In a conversation

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A bird as an alarm clock

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)最近(zuìjìn)对(duì)鸟(niǎo)产生(chǎnshēng)了(le)兴趣(xìngqù)。

    Recently I developed an interest in birds.

  2. Liangliang

    为什么(wèishénme)？

    Why?

  3. Dengdeng

    有(yǒu)一只(yīzhǐ)鸟(niǎo)每天(měitiān)早上(zǎoshang)在(zài)窗(chuāng)外(wài)唱歌(chànggē)。

    A bird sings outside my window every morning.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)会(huì)对(duì)它(tā)产生(chǎnshēng)感情(gǎnqíng)吧(ba)？

    Then you will develop feelings for it, right?

  5. Dengdeng

    已经(yǐjīng)产生(chǎnshēng)了(le)。我(wǒ)给(gěi)它(tā)起(qǐ)了(le)名字(míngzi)，叫(jiào)闹钟(nàozhōng)。

    Already. I gave it a name: Alarm Clock.

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In a sentence

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01

本(běn)世(shì)纪(jì)初(chū)以(yǐ)来(lái)，产(chǎn)生(shēng)了(le)很(hěn)多(duō)进(jìn)步(bù)。

Many improvements have been made since this century began.

Tatoeba: Chinese by black333 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)次(cì)谈(tán)话(huà)让(ràng)我(wǒ)对(duì)未(wèi)来(lái)的(de)计(jì)划(huà)产(chǎn)生(shēng)了(le)新(xīn)的(de)想(xiǎng)法(fǎ)。

This conversation gave me new ideas about my future plans.

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产
chǎn

to give birth; to reproduce

生
shēng

to be born; to give birth

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