生活
shēnghuó
life
Part of speech · noun / verb
Pattern visualization
生life
活alive
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Examples
- 生活很美好。Life is wonderful.
- 生活在北京。Living in Beijing.
Collocations
生活习惯生活水平日常生活
Mnemonic
生活 shēnghuó "life, to live" — 生 (live) + 活 (alive). Both characters mean "live" — reinforcement compound. Cognate of Korean saenghwal / Japanese 生活 seikatsu. Verb and noun.
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