HSK 5 · Verbs

产生 chǎnshēng “to produce” in Chinese

Traditional 產生

What 产生 means

  1. to produce
  2. to give rise to
  3. to emerge
  4. to arise
  5. to come into being
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to come about
  • to bring into being
  • to bring about
  • to engender
  • to generate

How to say 产生

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale产chǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale生shēng1st tone, high and level

产生 in a sentence

  1. 他的讲话对所有同事产生了积极影响。

    Tā de jiǎnghuà duì suǒyǒu tóngshì chǎnshēng le jījí yǐngxiǎng.

    His speech had a positive effect on all his colleagues.

    Sentence #2938654 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 有些药品会对身体产生危害。

    Yǒuxiē yàopǐn huì duì shēntǐ chǎnshēng wēihài.

    Some medicines can be harmful to the body.

    Sentence #1551887 from Tatoeba

  3. 城市是令人兴奋的地方，但也会让人产生压力。

    Chéngshì shì lìngrén xīngfèn de dìfang, dàn yě huì ràng rén chǎnshēng yālì.

    Cities are exciting places, but they can also make people feel stressed.

    Sentence #765143 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 产生 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 产 (chǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
产chǎnto give birth
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 厂cliff · hǎnSound part
The character 生 (shēng) drawn as one shape
生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce

生 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA shoot growing up out of the soil 土: to grow, to be born.

How to write 产生

产 6 strokes · 生 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

产生 (chǎnshēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 产生 (chǎnshēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 产生

Words with 产

生产shēngchǎn · to produce财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt产业chǎnyè · industry盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in资产zīchǎn · assets矿产kuàngchǎn · mineral resources遗产yíchǎn · heritage

Words with 生

医生yīshēng · doctor学生xuésheng · student先生xiānsheng · mr大学生dàxuéshēng · university student小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student生日shēngrì · birthday生病shēngbìng · to get sick生气shēngqì · angry女生nǚshēng · female student

More words: Common Verbs

踩cǎi · to step on参与cānyù · to take part (in)插chā · to insert拆chāi · to tear open吵chǎo · to quarrel抄chāo · to copy (by hand)趁chèn · to take advantage of (a time or chance)成立chénglì · to establish

FAQs

产生 (chǎnshēng) means “to produce” or “to give rise to”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chǎnshēng: chǎn with a 3rd tone, then shēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 产生 is written 產生. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chansheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 产生 from the suggestions. Typing chansheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
产生 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.