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Chinese
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numerous; multitude; crowd
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
| trad. (眾生/衆生)
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眾/衆
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生
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| simp. (众生)
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众
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生
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Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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眾
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生
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生
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/2
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2/2
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| Initial (聲)
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章 (23)
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生 (21)
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生 (21)
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| Final (韻)
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東 (2)
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庚 (109)
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庚 (109)
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| Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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II
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II
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| Fanqie
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之仲切
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所庚切
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所敬切
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| Baxter
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tsyuwngH
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sraeng
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sraengH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/t͡ɕɨuŋH/
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/ʃˠæŋ/
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/ʃˠæŋH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/t͡ɕiuŋH/
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/ʃᵚaŋ/
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/ʃᵚaŋH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/t͡ɕiuŋH/
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/ʃaŋ/
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/ʃaŋH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/cuwŋH/
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/ʂaɨjŋ/
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/ʂaɨjŋH/
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Li
Rong
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/t͡ɕiuŋH/
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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Wang
Li
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/t͡ɕĭuŋH/
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/t͡ɕi̯uŋH/
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/ʂɐŋ/
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/ʂɐŋH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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zhòng
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shēng
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shèng
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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zung3
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sang1
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sang3
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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眾
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生
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生
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生
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhòng
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shēng
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shēng
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shēng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyuwngH ›
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ srjæng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tuŋ-s/
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/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)
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/*sreŋ/
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/*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
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| English
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numerous
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bear, be born; live
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fresh, raw
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bear, be born; live
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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眾
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生
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生
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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17491
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11312
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11322
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Phonetic
component
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衆
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生
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生
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Rime
group
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終
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耕
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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衆
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生
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生
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjuŋs/
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/*sʰleːŋ/
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/*sreŋs/
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| Notes
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甲文象日下三人，
金文或改目下，
表衆人在監督下勞作
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Noun
眾生
- (Buddhism) all living things
- 博愛眾生／博爱众生 ― bó'ài zhòngshēng ― to universally love all living things
- the masses
- all animals, except humans
- (offensive) bugger
- Alternative form of 眾牲 / 众牲 (“livestock, animal”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Noun
眾生 • (shujō)
- Kyūjitai form of 衆生
Vietnamese
Noun
眾生
- chữ Hán form of chúng sinh (“living beings; all living creatures”).