Entry
  1. to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism; parasitic

Characters in this word

2
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to entrust; to place in sb's care, (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily, (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter), to send by post; to mail

Pinyin
Strokes
11
Frequency
3629 of 2500
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])

Pinyin
shēng
Strokes
5
Frequency
1196 of 2500