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

• 生活shēng (first tone, high and level) huó (second tone, rising)life
• 生shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 学生/學生xuésheng (second tone, rising)student, pupil
• 产生/產生chǎnshēng (third tone, dipping)to produce, to give rise to, to arise
• 生命shēng (first tone, high and level) mìng (fourth tone, falling)life
• 先生xiānsheng (first tone, high and level)Mr, sir
• 发生/發生fāshēng (first tone, high and level)to happen, to occur
• 人生rén (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)life (one's time on earth)
• 医生/醫生yīshēng (first tone, high and level)doctor, physician
• 一生yī (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)all one's life; throughout one's life
• 女生nǚ (third tone, dipping) shēng (first tone, high and level)schoolgirl
• 生气/生氣shēngqì (first tone, high and level)to get angry, to be cross
• 出生chū (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 生物shēng (first tone, high and level) wù (fourth tone, falling)organism
• 生产/生產shēng (first tone, high and level) chǎn (third tone, dipping)childbirth
• 生病shēngbìng (first tone, high and level)to fall ill, to be sick
• 生存shēng (first tone, high and level) cún (second tone, rising)to exist

Words containing 日

• 日rì (fourth tone, falling)sun
• 日子rì (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)day
• 节日/節日jiérì (second tone, rising)festival, public holiday
• 今日jīn (first tone, high and level) rì (fourth tone, falling)today
• 日期rì (fourth tone, falling) qī (first tone, high and level)date
• 日记/日記rì (fourth tone, falling) jì (fourth tone, falling)diary
• 日常rì (fourth tone, falling) cháng (second tone, rising)daily
• 早日zǎo (third tone, dipping) rì (fourth tone, falling)soon; at an early date
• 末日mò (fourth tone, falling) rì (fourth tone, falling)last day
• 假日jià (fourth tone, falling) rì (fourth tone, falling)holiday
• 日益rì (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling)day by day
• 日程rì (fourth tone, falling) chéng (second tone, rising)schedule
• 明日míng (second tone, rising) rì (fourth tone, falling)tomorrow
• 纪念日/紀念日jì (fourth tone, falling) niàn (fourth tone, falling) rì (fourth tone, falling)day of commemoration
• 日报/日報rì (fourth tone, falling) bào (fourth tone, falling)daily newspaper
• 过日子/過日子guò (fourth tone, falling) rì (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)to live one's life
• 日语/日語Rì (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)Japanese language