牲
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domestic animal; sacrificial animal
Formation & memory
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Words with 牲
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牲体 | body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially | |
| 三牲 | the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) | |
| 牲口 | animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden | |
| 牲礼 | (religion) to sacrifice; sacrifice; animal offered as sacrifice | |
| 宰牲节 | see 古爾邦節|古尔邦节[Gu3 er3 bang1 jie2] | |
| 英勇牺牲 | to heroically sacrifice one's life | |
| 牺牲打 | sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball) | |
| 牺牲者 | sb who sacrifices himself; sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable | |
| 牺牲品 | sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss | |
| 祭牲 | sacrificial animal | |
| 牲畜 | farm animal; livestock | |
| 畜牲 | variant of 畜生[chu4 sheng5] | |
| 牺牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 生 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生 sound part | life, lifetime; birth; growth | |
| 性 | sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective | |
| 星 | star, planet; a point of light | |
| 胜 | victory; to excel, to truimph | |
| 姓 | name, family name, surname; clan, people | |
| 笙 | free reed mouth organ | |
| 甥 | niece, nephew; sister's child | |
| 旌 | to signal; a flag adorned with feathers | |
| 眚 | cataract; fault, error, crime |