HSK 6 · Family

诞生 dànshēng “to be born” in Chinese

Traditional 誕生

What 诞生 means

  1. to be born
  2. to come into being

How to say 诞生

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诞dàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale生shēng1st tone, high and level

诞生 in a sentence

  1. 这个传统在中国诞生了。

    Zhè ge chuántǒng zài Zhōngguó dànshēng le.

    This tradition was born in China.

    Sentence #784025 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 互联网的广泛应用使新一代的年轻人诞生了。

    Hùliánwǎng de guǎngfàn yìngyòng shǐ xīn yí dài de niánqīngrén dànshēng le.

    The widespread use of the internet has given rise to a new generation of young people.

    Sentence #502969 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 诞生 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 诞 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
诞dànbirth
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 延to defer · yánSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 延 (yán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.

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 诞生

诞 8 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.

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

Words related to 诞生

Words with 诞

诞辰dànchén · birthday (of a respected person)

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: People, Body & Health

伴侣bànlǚ · partner伯母bómǔ · aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)出身chūshēn · family background大伙儿dàhuǒr · everyone夫妇fūfù · married couple夫人fūrén · madam抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)后代hòudài · descendants

FAQs

诞生 (dànshēng) means “to be born” or “to come into being”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dànshēng: dàn with a 4th 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, 诞生 is written 誕生. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dansheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诞生 from the suggestions. Typing dansheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诞生 is an HSK 6 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.