生仔

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (生仔)		生	仔

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ zai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ zai²
  - Yale: sāang jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ zei²
  - IPA ^(key): /säːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

生仔

(Cantonese) to have a child; to give birth

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 生孩子
分娩 (fēnmiǎn)
生產／生产 (shēngchǎn)
(Min Nan) 生囝, 生囡仔, 抾囝, 生嬰仔／生婴仔, 抾囡仔

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): seⁿ-á / siⁿ-á

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: senn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sve'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'ar
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

生仔

(Hokkien) pig iron

Synonyms

生鐵／生铁 (shēngtiě)

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