Chinese symbol for “biological”
生物
shēng wù
organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio-
The closest CC-CEDICT match for biological is 生物 (shēng wù), defined as: organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio-.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “biological”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生物性 | shēng wù xìng | biological |
| 亲生 (親生) | qīn shēng | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 生物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 生产 (生產) | shēng chǎn | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child |
| 产生 (產生) | chǎn shēng | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “biological”.
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