Meaning of 野生
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (of animals, plants etc) wild
How to use 野生
野生 describes animals and plants that live naturally rather than being raised or farmed by people. It often appears before a noun, as in 野生动物 (yěshēng dòngwù) wild animals. Example: 这里有很多野生动物。(Zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō yěshēng dòngwù.) There are many wild animals here.
野 (yě) means the open countryside or wilderness, and 生 (shēng) means to grow or live. Something that grows or lives out in the wild is 野生 (yěshēng), wild.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 野生 to mean a wild or crazy person, but for behavior Chinese uses 野 alone or words like 疯狂 (fēngkuáng). Also keep 野 in the third tone, yě, not the fourth tone yè like 夜 (night).
野生 in example sentences
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野 yě · field · 11 strokes
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生 shēng · to grow · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 野生.
| 先生 | xiānsheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 医生 | yīshēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 学生 | xuéshēng | student; schoolchild |
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday |
| 生病 | shēngbìng | to fall ill |
| 女生 | nǚshēng | schoolgirl; female student |
| 男生 | nánshēng | schoolboy; male student |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 小学生 | xiǎoxuéshēng | primary school student; schoolchild |
| 中学生 | zhōngxuéshēng | middle-school student; high school student |
| 生活 | shēnghuó | to live; life |
Questions about 野生
What does 野生 mean?
野生 (yěshēng) means "(of animals, plants etc) wild" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 野生?
野生 is made of 2 characters: 野 (11 strokes), 生 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 野生 an HSK word?
Yes. 野生 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the opposite of 野生?
For animals the usual opposite is 家养 (jiāyǎng), raised at home, or 人工饲养 (réngōng sìyǎng), raised by people. For plants you can say 人工种植 (réngōng zhòngzhí), cultivated by people.
Can 野生 be used as a predicate like other adjectives?
It mostly modifies nouns directly, such as 野生植物 (yěshēng zhíwù) wild plants. To use it as a predicate, Chinese usually adds 是...的, as in 这些蘑菇是野生的 (zhèxiē mógu shì yěshēng de), these mushrooms are wild.