生活 shēng huó
“to live; life; livelihood”
verb / noun, verbHSK 4 · 2021 list level 2
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
生活 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 828: 生活 shēnghuó — Level 3; official annotation 3 (名、动). PDF page 100
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用法How to use 生活
生活 means "life," especially everyday life—how someone lives from day to day. It is usually a noun and often appears with possessives like 我的生活 or modifiers like 日常生活, 学校生活. It can also describe how someone lives, as in 生活得很好.
例句Example sentences
- 我的生活很简单，但是很快乐。wǒ de shēng huó hěn jiǎn dān, dàn shì hěn kuài lè.My life is simple, but happy.
- 我已经习惯了这里的生活。wǒ yǐ jīng xí guàn le zhè lǐ de shēng huó.I have already gotten used to life here.
- 大学的生活和高中不一样。dà xué de shēng huó hé gāo zhōng bù yí yàng.University life is different from high school life.