胎生

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Chinese

fetus; litter
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
trad. (胎生)
simp. #(胎生)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (6) (21) (21)
Final () (41) (109) (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I II II
Fanqie
Baxter thoj sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰʌi/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰəi/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɒi/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəj/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/tʰᴀi/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/tʰɒi/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰɑ̆i/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tāi shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
toi1 sang1 sang3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tāi shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ thoj › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁə/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English fetus bear, be born; live bear, be born; live

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 12259 11312 11322
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰɯː/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/

Adjective

胎生

  1. (zoology, attributive) viviparous

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

(たい)(せい) (taisei

  1. being viviparous, viviparity

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

胎生 (taesaeng) (hangeul 태생)

  1. hanja form? of 태생 (birth; viviparity)