生肖

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to resemble; to be like
simp. and trad. (生肖)		生	肖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngxiào, shēngxiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ciu³, saang¹ ciu³
Min Nan (POJ): seng-siàu / sng-siàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: shēngxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    生效
    生肖
- (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: shēngxiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
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    生肖
    笙簫／笙箫
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ ciu³, saang¹ ciu³
  - Yale: sāng chiu, sāang chiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ tsiu³, saang¹ tsiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ qiu³, sang¹ qiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/, /säːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: sing-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiaux
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaʊ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: sng-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngsiaux
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ ɕiaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

生肖

Chinese zodiac, one of the twelve animals symbolising the Twelve Branches used to designate years

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 生相

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	肖

Noun

生肖 • (saengcho) (hangeul 생초)

Hanja form^? of 생초 (“Chinese zodiac”).

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