| 生水 | shēng shuǐ | unboiled water |
| 男生 | nán shēng | male student; schoolboy |
| 互生 | hù shēng | alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern) |
| 横生 | héng shēng | to grow without restraint; overflowing with; to happen unexpectedly |
| 生命线 | shēng mìng xiàn | lifeline |
| 生息 | shēng xī | to inhabit; to live (in a habitat) |
| 众生 | zhòng shēng | all living things |
| 原生动物 | yuán shēng dòng wù | protozoan (bacteria) |
| 寄生物 | jì shēng wù | parasite |
| 生路 | shēng lù | lit. the path to life; way out of a predicament |
| 出生率 | chū shēng lǜ | birthrate |
| 生性 | shēng xìng | natural disposition |
| 双生 | shuāng shēng | twin (adjective); twins |
| 今生 | jīn shēng | this life |
| 仿生学 | fǎng shēng xué | bionics; bionicist |
| 别开生面 | bié kāi shēng miàn | to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path; to break fresh ground |
| 微生物学 | wēi shēng wù xué | microbiology |
| 接生 | jiē shēng | to deliver (a newborn child) |
| 有性生殖 | yǒu xìng shēng zhí | sexual reproduction |
| 生灵 | shēng líng | (literary) the people; living thing; creature |
| 降生 | jiàng shēng | to be born; arrival of newborn; birth (of a savior or religious leader) |
| 中生代 | Zhōng shēng dài | Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三叠纪, Jurassic 侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白垩纪) |
| 优生学 | yōu shēng xué | eugenics |
| 半生 | bàn shēng | half a lifetime |
| 怯生生 | qiè shēng shēng | shy |
| 生员 | shēng yuán | scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times) |
| 生发 | shēng fā | to emerge and grow; to develop |
| 卫生防疫 | wèi shēng fáng yì | epidemic-prevention |
| 出生入死 | chū shēng rù sǐ | from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb |
| 分生组织 | fēn shēng zǔ zhī | meristem |
| 古生物 | gǔ shēng wù | paleo-organism |
| 生育 | shēng yù | to bear; to give birth; to grow; to rear; to bring up (children) |
| 生词 | shēng cí | new word (in textbook); word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied; CL:组,个 |
| 维生素 | wéi shēng sù | vitamin |
一回生，
二回熟 | yī huí shēng ,
èr huí shú | lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers at first meeting, but soon friends; awkward at first but becoming skillful later; an acquired taste |
| 一年生 | yī nián shēng | annual (botany) |
一次生，
两次熟 | yī cì shēng ,
liǎng cì shú | unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers are first meeting, but soon friends; an acquired taste |
| 一生一世 | yī shēng yī shì | a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life |
| 七窍生烟 | qī qiào shēng yān | lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger |
| 三江生态旅游区 | Sān jiāng shēng tài lǚ yóu qū | Sanjiang ecological tourist area in Wenchuan county 汶川县, northwest Sichuan |
| 不可再生资源 | bù kě zài shēng zī yuán | nonrenewable resource |
| 世界卫生大会 | Shì jiè Wèi shēng Dà huì | World Health Assembly |
| 世界卫生组织 | Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhī | World Health Organization (WHO) |
世界野生生物基金
会 | shì jiè yě shēng shēng wù jī jīn huì | World Wildlife Fund WWF |
中华学生爱国民主
同盟 | Zhōng huá xué sheng ài guó mín zhǔ tóng méng | Patriotic Democratic Alliance of Chinese Students |
| 九死一生 | jiǔ sǐ yī shēng | nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life |
| 了却此生 | liǎo què cǐ shēng | to die; to be done with this world |
| 互生叶 | hù shēng yè | alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern) |
人生一世，
草木一春 | rén shēng yī shì ,
cǎo mù yī chūn | Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence |
| 人生如梦 | rén shēng rú mèng | life is but a dream (idiom) |
