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生下 meaning in English

shēngxià

to give birth to

8 strokes

Meaning of 生下

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shēngxià
  1. to give birth to

生下 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā在zài二èr十shí岁suì的de时shí候hòu生shēng下xià第dì一yí个gè孩hái子zi。
She gave birth to her first child at twenty years old.
她tā于yú周zhōu一yī生shēng下xià了le她tā的de第dì一yí个gè孩hái子zi。
She gave birth on Monday to her first child.
她tā生shēng下xià了le一yí个gè男nán婴yīng。
She gave birth to a baby boy.
她tā生shēng下xià了le一yí个gè健jiàn康kāng的de婴yīng儿ér。
She had a healthy baby.
他tā的de妻qī子zǐ生shēng下xià了le一yī对duì双shuāng胞bāo胎tāi男nán孩hái。
His wife gave birth to twin boys.

Stroke order for each character

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生 shēng · to grow · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 生下.

先生xiānshengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
医生yīshēngdoctor; medical practitioner
坐下zuò xiato sit down
生气shēngqìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
学生xuéshēngstudent; schoolchild
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
生日shēngrìbirthday
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
生病shēngbìngto fall ill
女生nǚshēngschoolgirl; female student
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs

Questions about 生下

What does 生下 mean?

生下 (shēngxià) means "to give birth to".

How do you write 生下?

生下 is made of 2 characters: 生 (5 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.