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Chinese symbol for “lifestyle”

生活方式
shēng huó fāng shì
way of life; lifestyle

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lifestyle is 生活方式 (shēng huó fāng shì), defined as: way of life; lifestyle.

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

生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
活 huó
to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
方 fāng
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
radical 70 ⽅ · 4 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 生活方式.

WordPinyinMeaning
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产生 (產生)chǎn shēngto 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 shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
活跃 (活躍)huó yuèactive; lively
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “lifestyle”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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