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Chinese
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to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
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(牲) domestic animal
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simp. and trad. (畜生)
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畜
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生
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alternative forms
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畜牲
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Etymology
First attested in Han Feizi (circa 2nd century BC). The expletive sense was attested in the Book of Sui (7th century AD). Influenced, through Buddhism, by Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (tiryagyoni, “animal creation”) and Pali tiracchānayoni (“the realm of the brute creation”) during the Six Dynasties times, as this word was used as a translation of the Sanskrit and Pali terms. Compare 牲畜 (shēngchù).
Pronunciation
Noun
畜生
- domestic animal; livestock; brute
- (derogatory) beast; bugger; contemptible person; brute; bastard
有些人活得真不如畜生。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]- Yǒuxiē rén huó de zhēn bùrú chùsheng.
- Some people are so contemptible.
- (Buddhism) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life
Synonyms
- 家畜 (jiāchù)
- 牲口 (shēngkǒu)
- 牲畜 (shēngchù)
- 眾牲/众牲 (1tson-san) (Wu)
- 精牲 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 頭牲/头牲 (Hakka, Hokkien)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
/tikusjau/ → /t͡ɕikusjoː/
From Middle Chinese 畜生 (MC trhjuwH sraeng, literally “livestock + livestock; sacrificial animal”), itself influenced by Sanskrit तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, “a beast; the organic world”)[1][2] or Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (tiryagyoni, “animal creation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
畜生 • (chikushō) ←ちくしやう (tikusyau)?
- (Buddhism) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life
- (derogatory, offensive) a person
Derived terms
Interjection
畜生 or 畜生 • (chikushō)
- (vulgar) an expression of strong anger or frustration: damn, dammit, fuck, shit
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- ちくしょう だれも入って……お!あのガキァ 女湯に入るのは10年早えよ
- Chikushō dare mo haitte……O! Ano gakya Onnayu ni hairu no wa jū-nen haē yo
- Damn it, no one’s here… Oh! You little brat! It’s ten years too early for you to come in the women’s bath alright?
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Vietnamese
Noun
畜生
- chữ Hán form of súc sinh (“animal”).