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Meaning of 甥

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Pinyin: shēng
English Definition: sister's son; nephew
Chinese Definition:
①(外生)姐妹的儿子,简作“甥”,如“甥舅”。
②(外甥女)姐妹的女儿,简作“甥女”。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (boy) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ shēng ] life, lifetime; birth; growth
    • [ nán ] man, boy; male; baron; surname
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Example Words
外甥 wài shēng sister's son; wife's sibling's son
甥女 shēng niece (sister's daughter)
More:甥* | *甥 | *甥*
Example Sentences
1
Octavian (Roddy McDowall), Caesar's nephew, is named as his heir, not Caesarion.
2
The Italians make little difference between children, and nephews, or near kinsfolk;
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3.8
7.4
According to the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, the average American has 3.8 cousins and 7.4 nephews and nieces.
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1987
15
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In 1987, Mr Bihari and 15 others - many of them his nephews and family members - killed four people over the appointment of a rival as chief priest of a Hindu temple.
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使
Nokia runs the outdated Symbian operating system and is in the process of changing to Microsoft Window mobile OS which has a tiny share of the market.