生根

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (生根)		生	根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnggēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ gan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-kîn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-kun / seⁿ-kin / siⁿ-kin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnggēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenggen
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-kên¹
  - Yale: shēng-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenggen
  - Palladius: шэнгэнь (šɛngɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ gan¹
  - Yale: sāang gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-kîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˊ gin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-kun
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'kwn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ³³ kun³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-kin
  - Tâi-lô: senn-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sve'kyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-kin
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'kyn
  - IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/

Verb

生根

(of plant) to take root
生根發芽／生根发芽 ― shēnggēn fāyá ― to take root and germinate
(figurative) to take root; to become established
- 我們的黨和軍隊是在群眾中生了根的，是在長期革命火焰中鍛煉出來的，是有戰鬥力的。 [MSC, trad.]
  我们的党和军队是在群众中生了根的，是在长期革命火焰中锻炼出来的，是有战斗力的。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Wǒmen de Dǎng hé jūnduì shì zài qúnzhòng zhōng shēng le gēn de, shì zài chángqī gémìng huǒyàn zhōng duànliàn chulai de, shì yǒu zhàndòulì de. [Pinyin]
  Our Party and our armed forces are rooted in the masses, have been tempered in the flames of a protracted revolution and have the capacity to fight.

Synonyms

(to take root): (Hokkien) 開根／开根 (kāigēn)

Derived terms

落地生根 (luòdìshēnggēn)
見肉生根 / 见肉生根