种 種 zhòng to plant / to grow / to cultivate syn 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 长大 長大 zhǎng dà to grow up syn 发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn 成长 成長 chéng zhǎng to mature / to grow / growth syn 生长 生長 shēng zhǎng to grow / to grow up / to be brought up syn 追逐 zhuī zhú to chase / to pursue vigorously syn 增长 增長 zēng zhǎng to grow / to increase syn 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) syn 成年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood / fully grown / adult / the whole year syn 大力 dà lì energetically / vigorously syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 生锈 生銹 shēng xiù to rust / to grow rusty / to corrode / oxidization syn 长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up syn 增多 zēng duō to increase / to grow in number syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 奋起 奮起 fèn qǐ to rise vigorously / a spirited start syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by syn 栽培 zāi péi to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 生发 生發 shēng fā to emerge and grow / to develop 与日俱增 與日俱增 yǔ rì jù zēng to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day syn 连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn 滋长 滋長 zī zhǎng to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop syn 出落 chū luò to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom syn 栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow syn 益智 yì zhì to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine) 生出 shēng chū to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 奋起直追 奮起直追 fèn qǐ zhí zhuī to catch up vigorously / to set off in hot pursuit syn 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 勃然 bó rán suddenly / abruptly / agitatedly / excitedly / vigorously syn 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 长满 長滿 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over 精进 精進 jīng jìn to forge ahead vigorously / to dedicate oneself to progress 严把 嚴把 yán bǎ to be strict / to enforce vigorously (procedures, quality control etc) 偕老 xié lǎo to grow old together 横生 橫生 héng shēng to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly syn 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth 出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible 发怵 發怵 fā chù to feel terrified / to grow apprehensive 猛进 猛進 měng jìn to advance boldly / to push ahead vigorously syn 产粮 產糧 chǎn liáng to grow crops / food growing 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 栽 zāi to plant / to grow / to insert / to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble / to fall down syn 滋 zī to grow / to nourish / to increase / to cause / juice / taste / (dialect) to spout / to spurt syn 蓄 xù to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas) syn 莳 蒔 shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn 生生不息 shēng shēng bù xī to grow and multiply without end 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 殖 zhí to grow / to reproduce syn 万丈高楼平地起 萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises syn 博文约礼 博文約禮 bó wén yuē lǐ vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom) 长生久视 長生久視 cháng shēng jiǔ shì to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom) 白首齐眉 白首齊眉 bái shǒu qí méi (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom) 狂甩 kuáng shuǎi to fling vigorously / fig. to reduce drastically 精進 jīng jìn to forge ahead vigorously / to dedicate oneself to progress 可劲 可勁 kě jìn vigorously / to the utmost / to the best of one's ability 因爱成恨 因愛成恨 yīn ài chéng hèn hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person 滋蔓 zī màn to grow and spread syn 蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 裁培 cái péi to grow (crop) / cultivation 农桑 農桑 nóng sāng mulberry farming / to grow mulberry for sericulture 距离产生美 距離產生美 jù lí chǎn shēng měi absence makes the heart grow fonder 树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home 镸 cháng "long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168) 逆生长 逆生長 nì shēng zhǎng to seem to grow younger / to regain one's youthful looks 小别胜新婚 小別勝新婚 xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom) / absence makes the heart grow fonder 水培 shuǐ péi to grow plants hydroponically 长毛 長毛 zhǎng máo to grow hair / to become mildewed 播种 播種 bō zhòng to grow (maize etc) from seed / to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed syn 十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián - shù mù , bǎi nián - shù rén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people 枝繁叶茂 枝繁葉茂 zhī fán yè mào (of plants) to grow luxuriantly / (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper / to flourish syn 生老病死 shēng - lǎo - bìng - sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 蓄须 蓄鬚 xù xū to grow a beard 长生不老 長生不老 cháng shēng - bù lǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old syn 长生久视 長生久視 cháng shēng - jiǔ shì (idiom) to live forever and never grow old 出挑 chū tiāo (of a young person) to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom syn 地栽 dì zāi to grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽[pen2 zai1]) 托举 托舉 tuō jǔ to lift and support / to hold up (physically) / (fig.) to support sb (or sth) so that they can grow, develop or succeed syn 