生子

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (生子)		生	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ zi²
Wu (Changzhou, Wugniu): ¹san-⁵tsy₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: shēng-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtzyy
  - Palladius: шэнцзы (šɛnczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    聲子 / 声子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ zi²
  - Yale: sāang jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Changzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹san-⁵tsy₃
  - MiniDict: san^平 tsy^上
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /saŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩/

Middle Chinese: sraeng|sraengH tsiX

Rime
Character	生	生	子
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	III
Fanqie	所庚切	所敬切	即里切
Baxter	sraeng	sraengH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠæŋ/	/ʃˠæŋ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaŋ/	/ʃᵚaŋ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaŋ/	/ʃaŋ^H/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjŋ/	/ʂaɨjŋ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋ^H/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋ^H/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂɐŋ/	/ʂɐŋ^H/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng	shèng	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang¹	sang³	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sreŋ|sreŋ|sreŋ tsəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ|sreŋs ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	生	生	生	子
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēng	shēng	shēng	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ sræng ›	‹ sræng ›	‹ srjæng ›	‹ tsi^X ›
Old Chinese	/sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or s.reŋ ?)	/*sreŋ/	/sreŋ/ (or s.reŋ ?)	/*tsəʔ/
English	bear, be born; live	fresh, raw	bear, be born; live	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	生	生	子
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	11312	11322	17857
Phonetic component	生	生	子
Rime group	耕	耕	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	生	生	子
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːŋ/	/*sreŋs/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Verb

生⫽子 (verb-object)

(literary) to give birth to a son
(Piling Wu) to lay eggs

Synonyms

(to give birth to a son): (Cantonese) 生仔, (Hakka) 降子
(to lay eggs):

Dialectal synonyms of 下蛋 (“to lay eggs”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下蛋, 產卵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下蛋
	Taiwan	下蛋
	Chifeng	下蛋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	下蛋
	Harbin	下蛋
	Shenyang	下蛋
	Singapore	生蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	下蛋
	Tangshan	下蛋
	Cangzhou	下蛋
	Baoding	下蛋
	Shijiazhuang	下蛋
	Jinan	嬎蛋, 下蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	下蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	下蛋
	Zhengzhou	嬎蛋
	Xi'an	下蛋
	Xining	下蛋
	Xuzhou	下蛋, 嬎蛋
	Pizhou	嬎蛋
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	下蛋
	Donghai	下蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下蛋
	Lanzhou	下蛋, 嬎蛋
	Ürümqi	下蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下蛋, 生蛋
	Chongqing	下蛋, 生蛋
	Wuhan	生蛋
	Guiyang	下蛋
	Kunming	下蛋
	Guilin	下蛋
	Liuzhou	生蛋, 下蛋, 屙蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生蛋, 下蛋
	Yangzhou	生蛋, 下蛋
	Baoying	生蛋
	Taizhou	生蛋
	Zhenjiang	生蛋
	Lianyungang	下蛋
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	下蛋
	Xuyi	下蛋
	Nantong	生蛋, 下蛋
	Rugao	生蛋
	Yancheng	生蛋
	Funing	下蛋
	Sihong	下蛋
	Hefei	生蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生春, 生蛋
	Hong Kong	生蛋
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	生春
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	生春
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	生春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	生春
	Macau	生春, 生蛋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	生春, 生蛋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	生春
	Foshan	生春, 生蛋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	生春
	Foshan (Shunde)	生春
	Foshan (Sanshui)	屙春
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	生春
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	生春
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	生春
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	生春
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	生蛋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	生蛋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	生蛋
	Taishan	生蛋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	生蛋
	Enping (Niujiang)	漏蛋
	Heshan (Yayao)	脱蛋
	Dongguan	生春
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	生春
	Yangjiang	生蛋
	Nanning	屙蛋
	Baise	屙蛋
	Qinzhou	生蛋, 屙蛋
	Beihai	生蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	生蛋, 屙蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	生蛋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	生蛋, 屙蛋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	生蛋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	生蛋
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	生蛋
	Móng Cái	生蛋
Gan	Nanchang	下蛋
Gan	Lichuan	生蛋
Hakka	Meixian	生卵, 屙卵
	Xingning	生春
	Dabu (Xihe)	生春
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	生春
	Huidong (Daling)	生春
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	生春
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	生春
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	生春
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	生春
	Wengyuan	生春
	Liannan	生春
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	生春
	Jiexi	生卵
	Luhe	生卵
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	生卵
	Changting	屙蛋
	Wuping (Yanqian)	生蛋
	Wuping (Pingyu)	生蛋
	Ninghua	生蛋
	Ruijin	生蛋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	生蛋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	生蛋
	Dayu	生蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生卵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	生卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	生卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	生卵
	Hong Kong	生蛋, 生春
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	生春
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	生春
	Xinyi (Sihe)	生春
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	生蛋
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	生春
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	生春
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	生蛋
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	生蛋
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	生蛋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	生春
	Luchuan	生蛋
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	生春
	Senai (Huiyang)	生春
	Singkawang	生春
Jin	Taiyuan	下蛋
	Xinzhou	下蛋
	Linhe	下蛋
	Jining	下蛋
	Hohhot	下蛋
	Zhangjiakou	下蛋
	Handan	下蛋, 嬎蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	生卵
	Songxi	生卵
	Zhenghe	生卵
	Jianyang	生卵
	Wuyishan	生卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	生卵
	Fuzhou (Changle)	生卵
	Lianjiang	生卵
	Fuqing	生卵
	Pingtan	生卵
	Yongtai	生卵
	Minqing	生卵
	Gutian	生卵
	Pingnan	生卵
	Luoyuan	生卵
	Fu'an	生卵
	Ningde	生卵
	Xiapu	生卵
	Zherong	生卵
	Shouning	生卵
	Zhouning	生卵
	Fuding	生卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	生卵
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	生卵
	Quanzhou	生卵
	Jinjiang	生卵
	Nan'an	生卵
	Shishi	生卵
	Hui'an	生卵
	Anxi	生卵
	Yongchun	生卵
	Dehua	生卵
	Zhangzhou	生卵
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	生卵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	生卵
	Hua'an	生卵
	Nanjing	生卵
	Pinghe	生卵
	Zhangpu	生卵
	Yunxiao	生卵
	Zhao'an	生卵
	Dongshan	生卵
	Tainan	生卵
	Kinmen	生卵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生卵
	Longyan	生卵
	Zhangping	生卵
	Datian	生卵
	Shantou	生卵
	Jieyang	生卵
	Bangkok (Teochew)	生卵
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	生卵
	Singapore (Teochew)	生卵
	Leizhou	生卵
	Haikou	生卵
Puxian Min	Putian	生卵
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	生卵
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	生卵
	Xianyou	生卵
	Xianyou (Fengting)	生卵
	Xianyou (Youyang)	生卵
Central Min	Yong'an	生卵
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	生卵
	Sanming (Shaxian)	生卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拉春
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屙蛋
Wu	Shanghai	拆蛋, 生蛋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	拆蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	生蛋
	Suzhou	生蛋, 捎子 of fish
	Wuxi	生蛋
	Changshu	生蛋
	Nantong (Haimen)	生蛋
	Changzhou	生子
	Danyang	生子
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	生子
	Hangzhou	生蛋
	Ningbo	生蛋
	Wenzhou	生卵
	Jinhua	生卵
Xiang	Changsha	生蛋
Xiang	Loudi	生蛋

Noun

生子

(Classical) young adult

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	子
なま Grade: 1 (ateji)	こ Grade: 1 (ateji)
kun'yomi

Etymology

This alternative spelling may have arisen as a simplification and are an example of ateji (当て字).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 生子 – see the following entry.

【海鼠なまこ】

[noun] sea cucumber

Alternative spellings
生海鼠, ナマコ

(This term, 生子, is an alternative spelling (informal) of the above term.)