大生
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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| simp. and trad. (大生) |
大 | 生 | |
Etymology
Shortened from 大學生／大学生 (dàxuéshēng) or 大一生 (dàyīshēng), etc.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàshēng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàsheng
- Wade–Giles: ta4-shêng1
- Yale: dà-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsheng
- Palladius: дашэн (dašɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-seⁿ / tōa-siⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tuā-senn / tuā-sinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsvef, doaxsvy
- IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tua²²⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² sẽ³³/, /tua⁴¹⁻²² sĩ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ sɛ̃⁴⁴/, /tua²²⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tua³³⁻¹¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tua³³⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
大生
- short for 大學生 / 大学生 (dàxuéshēng, “university student”)