HSK 5 · Verbs

生产 shēngchǎn “to produce” in Chinese

Traditional 生產

What 生产 means

  1. to produce
  2. to manufacture
  3. to give birth to a child

How to say 生产

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

生产 in a sentence

  1. 日本生产很多好相机。

    Rìběn shēngchǎn hěn duō hǎo xiàngjī.

    Japan produces a lot of good cameras.

    Sentence #5696844 from Tatoeba

  2. 这家工厂生产汽车配件。

    Zhè jiā gōngchǎng shēngchǎn qìchē pèijiàn.

    This factory makes car parts.

    Sentence #2599865 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 生产 can also mean “to give birth”

    她最近生产了。

    Tā zuìjìn shēngchǎn le.

    She recently gave birth.

    Sentence #13256586 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 生产 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 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.

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

How to write 生产

生 5 strokes · 产 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 生产

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

Words with 产

产生chǎnshēng · 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

More words: Common Verbs

上当shàngdàng · to be fooled舍不得shěbude · to hate to part with伸shēn · to stretch升shēng · to rise省略shěnglüè · to leave out失去shīqù · to lose实现shíxiàn · to achieve使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength

FAQs

生产 (shēngchǎn) means “to produce” or “to manufacture”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shēngchǎn: shēng with a 1st tone, then chǎn with a 3rd 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, 生产 is written 生產. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengchan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 生产 from the suggestions. Typing shengchan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
生产 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.