He makes his living by singing.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
为生
to make a living
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to make a living
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 为生 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 为生 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He earned his living as a teacher.
He makes a living as a salesman.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 为生.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 为生.
Directly before
- 教书为生2
- 肉食为生1
- 唱歌为生1
- 推销员为生1
- 老师为生1
Directly after
- 为生的1
- 为生而食1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 为生
What does 为生 mean in Chinese?
为生 (wéishēng) means to make a living.
How do you pronounce 为生?
为生 is pronounced wéishēng.
Is 为生 an HSK word?
为生 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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