生鉎

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Chinese

to grow rust
trad. (生鉎) 生 鉎
simp. (生𰽫) 生 𰽫
alternative forms 生鍟／生𰾝 Cantonese
生銹／生锈 Hokkien
生鏥 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Verb

生⫽鉎 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, Zhao'an Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min) to rust; to get rusty; to corrode; to oxidise
  2. (Hokkien) to accumulate grime on one's skin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 生鏽 (“to rust; to get rusty”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鏽
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 生鏽
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 長鏽
Taiwan 生鏽
Singapore 生鏽
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 長鉎鏉, 鉎鏉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 鏽
Wanrong 鏽
Xi'an 鏽, 生業 intense
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 鏽
Cantonese Guangzhou 生鏽, 生鉎
Hong Kong 生鏽
Taishan 生鉎
Gan Nanchang 生鏽, 鏽
Hakka Meixian 生黸, 生黸哥
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 生黸, 生黸雞, 生鉎
Yudu 生黸
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 生黸
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 生黸
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 生黸
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 生黸
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 生黸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 生鉎
Huizhou Jixi 上鏽
Eastern Min Fuzhou 生鉎
Southern Min Xiamen 生鉎
Quanzhou 生鉎
Zhangzhou 生鉎
Tainan 生鉎
Penang (Hokkien) 生鉎
Singapore (Hokkien) 生鉎
Manila (Hokkien) 生鉎
Shantou 生鉎
Jieyang 生鉎
Haikou 食鉎, 生鉎
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 起鉎, 生鉎
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 鏽
Jinhua 上鏽, 上鐵鏽
Xiang Changsha 生黸, 黸
Loudi 起黸, 黸

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