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Chinese
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
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child
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simp. and trad. (生囝)
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生
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囝
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
生⫽囝 (verb-object)
- (Min) to give birth (to a child)
- (Puxian Min) to give birth to a boy
Synonyms
- 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
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
生囝
- (Puxian Min, opera) sheng (a male role in Chinese opera)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , 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 , 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.