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Chinese
| to increase; to expand; to add | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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| simp. and trad. (增生) |
增 | 生 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zang1 sang1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-seng / chng-sng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zēngshēng
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zengsheng
- Wade–Giles: tsêng1-shêng1
- Yale: dzēng-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzengsheng
- Palladius: цзэншэн (czɛnšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zang1 sang1
- Yale: jāng sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzang1 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: zeng1 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-seng
- Tâi-lô: tsing-sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: zengsefng
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-sng
- Tâi-lô: tsng-sng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zngsngf
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
增生
- to multiply; to proliferate; to grow
Synonyms
Noun
增生
- (pathology) hyperplasia; proliferation
- (historical) short for 增廣生員／增广生员 (“shengyuan admitted in addition to the quota, ranking right below the linsheng”)