收生

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (收生)		收	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shōushēng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ saang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shōushēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shousheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ saang¹
  - Yale: sāu sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ säːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

收生

(dated) to deliver a newborn child; to practice midwifery

Synonyms

接生 (jiēshēng)
助產／助产 (zhùchǎn)
(Min Nan) 抾囝, 抾囡仔

Derived terms

收生婆 (shōushēngpó)

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