生擒

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	capture
trad. (生擒)		生	擒
simp. ^#(生擒)		生	擒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngqín

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ kam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqín
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengcín
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻin²
  - Yale: shēng-chín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchyn
  - Palladius: шэнцинь (šɛncinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ kam⁴
  - Yale: sāang kàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ kam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ kem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐm²¹/

Middle Chinese: sraeng|sraengH gim

Rime
Character	生	生	擒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	III
Fanqie	所庚切	所敬切	巨金切
Baxter	sraeng	sraengH	gim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠæŋ/	/ʃˠæŋ^H/	/ɡˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaŋ/	/ʃᵚaŋ^H/	/ɡᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaŋ/	/ʃaŋ^H/	/ɡiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjŋ/	/ʂaɨjŋ^H/	/gjim/
Li Rong	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋ^H/	/ɡjəm/
Wang Li	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋ^H/	/ɡĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂɐŋ/	/ʂɐŋ^H/	/gi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng	shèng	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang¹	sang³	kam⁴

Verb

生擒

(literary) to capture alive

Synonyms

活捉 (huózhuō)
生得 (shēngdé) (literary)
生獲 / 生获 (shēnghuò) (formal)

Derived terms

生擒活捉 (shēngqín huózhuō)