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出生

chū shēng · chu sheng

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to be born
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  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)出生(chūshēng)的(de)？

    Where were you born?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)上海(shànghǎi)出生(chūshēng)，在(zài)北京(běijīng)长(zhǎng)大(dà)。

    I was born in Shanghai and grew up in Beijing.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)出生(chūshēng)的(de)那(nà)天(tiān)，下(xià)了(le)很(hěn)大(dà)的(de)雪(xuě)。

    On the day I was born there was heavy snow.

  4. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)？我(wǒ)出生(chūshēng)的(de)那(nà)天(tiān)也(yě)下(xià)雪(xuě)。

    Really? On the day I was born it snowed too.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)是(shì)同(tóng)一(yī)天(tiān)出生(chūshēng)的(de)吗(ma)？

    Then were we born on the same day?

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01

我(wǒ)在(zài)一(yī)九(jiǔ)七(qī)二(èr)年(nián)十(shí)月(yuè)十(shí)日(rì)出(chū)生(shēng)。

I was born on October 10, 1972.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

从(cóng)出(chū)生(shēng)的(de)一(yí)刻(kè)开(kāi)始(shǐ)，我(wǒ)们(men)就(jiù)在(zài)步(bù)向(xiàng)死(sǐ)亡(wáng)。

As soon as man is born, he begins to die.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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出
chū

to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur

生
shēng

to be born; to give birth

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