HSK 6 vocabulary › 生肖
生肖
生肖 in English: one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac
shēng xiào
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac
How to pronounce 生肖
shēng xiào (without tone marks: sheng xiao). shēng is a first (high, level) tone; xiào is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 生肖
生 shēng
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life
肖 xiào
surname Xiao; Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]
surname Xiao; Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]
Related words
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman | HSK 1 |
| 学生 | xué sheng | student; schoolchild | HSK 1 |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor | HSK 1 |
| 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill | HSK 2 |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday | HSK 2 |
| 生气 | shēng qì | to get angry; to take offense | HSK 3 |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born | HSK 4 |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur | HSK 4 |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life | HSK 4 |
| 生命 | shēng mìng | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being | HSK 4 |