生日 shēngrì — birthday

Meanings

1. 1

   birthday

   The day someone was born, literally "birth day". The set greeting is 生日快乐, and the date is given month first: 九月十号.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 生

  shēng (first tone, high and level)

  to be born; to grow; to give birth to; life; raw, uncooked; unfamiliar, strange

  5 strokesRadical 生
• 日

  rì (fourth tone, falling)

  sun; day; day of the month in a written date

  4 strokesRadical 日

Example sentences

• 今天是我的生日。Jīntiān (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) shēngrì. (first tone, high and level)···

  Today is my birthday.

• 姐姐的生日是九月十号。/姐姐的生日是九月十號。Jiějie (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) shēngrì (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) jiǔ (third tone, dipping) yuè (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising) hào. (fourth tone, falling)···

  My sister’s birthday is the tenth of September.

Similar words

Words containing 生

• 学生/學生xuésheng (second tone, rising)student, pupil
• 先生xiānsheng (first tone, high and level)Mr, sir
• 发生/發生fāshēng (first tone, high and level)to happen, to occur
• 医生/醫生yīshēng (first tone, high and level)doctor, physician
• 生气/生氣shēngqì (first tone, high and level)to get angry, to be cross
• 生病shēngbìng (first tone, high and level)to fall ill, to be sick

Words containing 日

• 节日/節日jiérì (second tone, rising)festival, public holiday