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Chinese

(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
manner; pattern; way
manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape
 
trad. (在生樣) 在 生 樣
simp. (在生样) 在 生 样
alternative forms 怎生樣／怎生样

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: zai6 sên1 iên7 / zai6 sên1 ion7
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsăi seⁿ iēⁿ / tsăi seⁿ iōⁿ
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sai³⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³⁻²³ ĩẽ¹¹/, /t͡sai³⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³⁻²³ ĩõ¹¹/
Note:
  • zai6 sên1 iên7 - Chaozhou;
  • zai6 sên1 ion7 - Jieyang.

    Adverb

    在生樣

    1. (Teochew) how

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 怎樣 (“how”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 如何, 何以, 若何
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 如何, 怎樣
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 怎麼樣兒, 怎樣兒
    Taiwan 怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
    Malaysia 怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
    Singapore 怎麼樣, 怎樣, 如何
    Jilu Mandarin Jinan 怎麼樣
    Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 咋樣兒
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 咋個樣, 咋個樣子, 啷個樣, 啷個樣子
    Wuhan 麼樣, 麼樣子, 哪樣, 哪樣子
    Guilin 啷子樣
    Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 怎們樣, 哪一個樣, 哪一個樣子
    Hefei 怎樣
    Cantonese Guangzhou 點樣, 點
    Hong Kong 點樣, 點
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 點樣
    Macau 點樣, 點
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 點
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 點樣, 點樣做
    Foshan 點
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 點
    Foshan (Shunde) 點, 點樣
    Foshan (Sanshui) 點
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 點
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 點子
    Zhongshan (Huancheng) 點子
    Zhongshan (Nanlang) 點子
    Zhongshan (Xiaolan) 點
    Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Henglan) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Dongfeng) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Nantou) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Fusha) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Shalang) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Gangkou) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Huangpu) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Minzhong) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Banfu) 點, 點樣
    Zhongshan (Tanzhou) 點, 點樣
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 點樣
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 點
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 點
    Taishan 幾何
    Singapore (Guangfu) 點樣, 點
    Gan Nanchang 啷樣, 啷
    Hakka Meixian 仰般, 仰仔
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 仰般, 仰仔
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 仰仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 仰般
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 仰脣, 仰
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 仰般, 仰般形
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 仰子
    Jin Taiyuan 咋, 咋底
    Northern Min Jian'ou 何如, 何如事
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 將樣, 蔣樣, 蔣其
    Southern Min Xiamen 按怎, 怎樣, 啥款
    Quanzhou 障仔, 怎樣, 按怎, 啥款
    Zhangzhou 按怎, 怎樣, 啥款
    Tainan 按怎, 怎仔樣, 怎樣仔, 啥款
    Penang (Hokkien) 按怎
    Singapore (Hokkien) 按怎
    Manila (Hokkien) 障仔, 怎樣
    Chaozhou 在生樣, 乜生樣, 做呢
    Shantou 在生
    Jieyang 在生, 在生樣
    Haifeng 做呢, 做呢樣
    Singapore (Teochew) 做呢, 在生
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 哪, 哪樣
    Wu Shanghai 哪能, 哪能介, 哪能樣子
    Suzhou 捺亨
    Wenzhou 訾那, 訾那能
    Xiang Changsha 何是, 何裡
    Shuangfeng 麼家
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