生相

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Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad. (生相)		生	相
alternative forms		生像
anagram		相生

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ soeng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: shēng-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshianq
  - Palladius: шэнсян (šɛnsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ soeng³
  - Yale: sāng seung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ soeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ sêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ³³/

Noun

生相

one's facial appearance; looks

Synonyms

長相／长相 (zhǎngxiàng)
面貌 (miànmào)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-siùⁿ / seⁿ-siòⁿ / seⁿ-siùⁿ / seⁿ-siàuⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ siên³ / sên¹ sion³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): se¹ xio³

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-siùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-siùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svisviux
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² siũ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /sĩ³³ siũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siũ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-siòⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: senn-siònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svesvioix
  - IPA (Tainan): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔ̃²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² siɔ̃²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-siùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: senn-siùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svesviux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siũ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-siàuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: senn-siàunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svesviaux
  - IPA (Penang): /sɛ̃³³⁻²¹ siãu²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ siên³ / sên¹ sion³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ sièⁿ / seⁿ siòⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ sĩẽ²¹³/, /sẽ³³⁻²³ sĩõ²¹³/

Note:

sên1 siên3 - Chaozhou;
sên1 sion3 - Jieyang.

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: se¹ xio³
- Sinological IPA: /sɛ³⁵⁻³³ siɔ²¹/

Noun

生相

(Southern Min) Chinese zodiac sign (one of the twelve animals symbolising the Twelve Branches used to designate years)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 生肖 (“Chinese zodiac sign”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生肖
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	屬相
	Taiwan	生肖
	Harbin	屬相
	Singapore	生肖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屬相兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	屬相
Cantonese	Hong Kong	生肖
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生肖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生肖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	生肖
Southern Min	Xiamen	生相
	Quanzhou	生相
	Zhangzhou	生相
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	生相
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	生相
	Kaohsiung	生相
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	生相
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	生相
	Yilan (Toucheng)	生相
	Tainan	生相
	Tainan (Anping)	生相
	Penghu (Xiyu)	生相
	Penang (Hokkien)	生相
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生相
	Manila (Hokkien)	生相
	Leizhou	生相
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	生肖
	Danyang	肖屬
	Jinhua	生肖

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