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Chinese
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fetus; litter
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
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trad. (胎生)
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胎
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生
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simp. #(胎生)
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胎
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生
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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胎
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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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1/2
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2/2
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Initial (聲)
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透 (6)
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生 (21)
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生 (21)
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Final (韻)
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咍 (41)
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庚 (109)
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庚 (109)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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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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I
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II
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II
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Fanqie
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土來切
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所庚切
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所敬切
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Baxter
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thoj
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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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/tʰʌi/
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/ʃˠæŋ/
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/ʃˠæŋH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/tʰəi/
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/ʃᵚaŋ/
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/ʃᵚaŋH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/tʰɒi/
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/ʃaŋ/
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/ʃaŋH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/tʰəj/
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/ʂaɨjŋ/
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/ʂaɨjŋH/
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Li Rong
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/tʰᴀi/
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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Wang Li
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/tʰɒi/
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/tʰɑ̆i/
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/ʂɐŋ/
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/ʂɐŋH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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tāi
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shēng
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shèng
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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toi1
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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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胎
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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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3/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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tāi
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shēng
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shēng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ thoj ›
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ srjæng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥ˁə/
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/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)
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/*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
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English
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fetus
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bear, be born; live
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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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胎
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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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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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12259
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11312
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11322
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Phonetic component
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台
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生
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生
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Rime group
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之
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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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胎
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生
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生
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥ʰɯː/
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/*sʰleːŋ/
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/*sreŋs/
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Adjective
胎生
- (zoology, attributive) viviparous
Antonyms
- 卵生 (luǎnshēng)
- 卵胎生 (luǎntāishēng)
Japanese
Noun
胎生 • (taisei)
- being viviparous, viviparity
Korean
Noun
胎生 • (taesaeng) (hangeul 태생)
- hanja form? of 태생 (“birth; viviparity”)