# 亲生 (qīnshēng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 亲生 (qīnshēng) means “biological (parent or child); one's own by birth”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: biological (parent or child); one's own by birth
- Pinyin: qīnshēng (qin1 sheng1)
- Traditional: 親生
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 她把孩子当成亲生的。
  Tā bǎ háizi dàngchéng qīnshēng de.
  She treats the child as her own.

## Characters

- [亲](https://hanziro.com/word/qin-close/) (qīn): close; intimate
- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw

https://hanziro.com/word/qin-sheng-biological/

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