chū shēng
birth; to be born
他出生在一个贫困的家庭。
Tā chūshēng zài yīgè pínkùn de jiātíng.
He was born into a poor family.
她的出生日期是1990年1月1日。
Tā de chūshēng rìqī shì 1990 nián 1 yuè 1 rì.
Her date of birth is January 1, 1990.
出生率正在下降。
Chūshēng lǜ zhèngzài xiàjiàng.
The birth rate is declining.
死亡 (sǐwáng)
death
逝世 (shìshì)
pass away
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The Chinese word 出生 (chūshēng) for "to be born" is composed of two characters: 出 (chū) and 生 (shēng). The character 出 originally meant "to go out" or "to come out", and it is often used in the sense of "to emerge" or "to appear". The character 生 originally meant "to grow" or "to sprout", and it is often used in the sense of "to be born" or "to come into existence". When these two characters are combined, they form the word 出生, which literally means "to come out of life" or "to emerge into life". This word is used to refer to the process of being born, and it can also be used to refer to the date or time of birth.
