sinh
Verb:
- To give birth to; to be born: Refers to the biological process of producing offspring or coming into existence.
- To produce; to yield: Refers to generating, creating, or causing something to come into being.
- To become; to turn into: Indicates a change of state, often resulting from certain conditions.
Noun/Adjective:
- Life; living; alive: Refers to the state of being alive or the concept of life itself. As an adjective, it describes something that is living or vital.
Verb:
- Cô ấy sinh một bé gái khỏe mạnh. (She gave birth to a healthy baby girl.)
- Cây này sinh rất nhiều trái. (This tree produces a lot of fruit.)
- Đứa trẻ được nuông chiều quá dễ sinh hư. (A child who is spoiled too much easily becomes spoiled.)
Noun/Adjective:
- Anh ấy đã cứu sinh mạng tôi. (He saved my life.)
- Đó là một sinh vật sinh. (That is a living creature.)
"Sinh ra": to be born; to come into existence.
- Anh ấy sinh ra trong một gia đình giàu có. (He was born into a wealthy family.)
"Sinh sống": to live; to reside and make a living.
- Họ sinh sống ở vùng nông thôn. (They live in the countryside.)
"Sinh nhật": birthday (literally, the day of birth).
- Chúc mừng sinh nhật! (Happy birthday!)
Sinh viên (n): student (university/college level).
- Cô ấy là sinh viên y khoa. (She is a medical student.)
Sinh học (n): biology (the study of life).
- Tôi thích môn sinh học. (I like biology.)
Sinh tồn (v/n): to survive; survival.
- Bản năng sinh tồn rất mạnh mẽ. (The survival instinct is very strong.)
Sinh động (adj): lively; vivid.
- Bài thuyết trình của cô ấy rất sinh động. (Her presentation is very vivid.)
- Đẻ (v): to give birth (more colloquial/vulgar).
- Tạo ra (v): to create; to generate.
- Sống (adj/v): alive; to live.
Sinh hoạt (v/n): to be active; to operate; activity.
- Câu lạc bộ sinh hoạt vào mỗi thứ Bảy. (The club meets/operates every Saturday.)
Sinh lời (v): to yield profit; to be profitable.
- Công việc kinh doanh bắt đầu sinh lời. (The business started yielding profit.)
"Trời sinh voi, trời sinh cỏ": Literally "Heaven creates the elephant, heaven creates the grass." Means that for every problem, a solution is provided; things will work out.
- Đừng lo lắng quá, trời sinh voi, trời sinh cỏ mà. (Don't worry too much, things will work out.)
"Sinh con ai nỡ sinh lòng": Literally "Who would bear to give birth to a child and then bear to give birth to feelings (of resentment)?" Means parents naturally love their children unconditionally.
- Cha mẹ nào cũng thương con, đúng là sinh con ai nỡ sinh lòng. (All parents love their children; it's true that a parent's love is unconditional.)
- to give birth to to produce, yield to turn
- life; living; alive