生囝

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	child
simp. and trad. (生囝)		生	囝

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): săng-giāng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sa¹ gyo³ / saⁿ¹ gyaⁿ³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-káⁿ / siⁿ-kiáⁿ / seⁿ-kiáⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ gian²

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-giāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋiaŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sa¹ gyo³ [Phonetic: sa⁵ gyo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬa⁵³³⁻²¹ kyɒ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: saⁿ¹ gyaⁿ³ [Phonetic: saⁿ⁵ gyaⁿ³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬã⁵³³⁻²¹ kỹã³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-káⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-kánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svi'kvar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ³³ kã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-kiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-kiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svi'kviar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-kiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: senn-kiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sve'kviar
    • IPA (Yilan): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên¹ gian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ kiáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

Verb

生⫽囝 (verb-object)

1. (Min) to give birth (to a child)
2. (Puxian Min) to give birth to a boy

Synonyms

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• 分娩 (fēnmiǎn)
• 抾囝 (Hokkien)
• 抾囡仔 (Hokkien)
• 洗囝 (sǎi-gṳ̌ing) (Northern Min)
• 生仔 (saang¹ zai²) (Cantonese)
• 生囡仔 (Hokkien)
• 生娃 (shēngwá) (colloquial)
• 生娃娃 (Jin)
• 生嬰仔／生婴仔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 生孩子 (shēng háizi)
• 生崽 (sang¹ zai³) (Gan)
• 生產／生产 (shēngchǎn)
• 踮房 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 降倈仔／降俫仔 (Hakka)

 

Derived terms

• 生囝袋

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng¹ gyo³ / seng¹ gyaⁿ³

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ gyo³ [Phonetic: seng⁵ ngyo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋyɒ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ gyaⁿ³ [Phonetic: seng⁵ ngya³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋya³³²/

Noun

生囝

1. (Puxian Min, opera) sheng (a male role in Chinese opera)

Synonyms

• 生角 (shēngjué)

Derived terms

• 生囝面

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “生囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 456.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “生囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 475.