孖生

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Chinese

		twins	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (孖生)		孖	生

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maa¹ saang¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ma¹ sang^1-4*

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa¹ saang¹
  - Yale: mā sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ma¹ sang^1-4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐba³³ saŋ³³⁻²¹⁵/

Adjective

孖生

(Cantonese) twin
孖生兄弟 [Cantonese] ― maa¹ saang¹ hing¹ dai⁶ ― twin brothers

佢哋兩個咁似樣，重以為佢哋係孖生嘅添。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢哋两个咁似样，重以为佢哋系孖生嘅添。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ dei⁶ loeng⁵ go³ gam³ ci⁵ joeng^6-2, zung⁶ ji⁵ wai⁴ keoi⁵ dei⁶ hai⁶ maa¹ saang¹ ge³ tim¹.
The two of them look so alike that I thought they were twins.

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