報生紙

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	paper
trad. (報生紙)		報	生	紙
simp. (报生纸)		报	生	纸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàoshēngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ saang¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-siⁿ-chóa / pò-seⁿ-chóa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàoshēngzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàoshengjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-shêng¹-chih³
    • Yale: bàu-shēng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawshengjyy
    • Palladius: баошэнчжи (baošɛnčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ saang¹ zi²
    • Yale: bou sāang jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ saang¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ sang¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-siⁿ-chóa
    • Tâi-lô: pò-sinn-tsuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poirsvizoar
    • IPA (Singapore): /po²¹⁻⁴² sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-seⁿ-chóa
    • Tâi-lô: pò-senn-tsuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poirsvezoar
    • IPA (Singapore): /po²¹⁻⁴² sẽ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁴²/

Noun

報生紙

1. (Singapore, Malaysia) birth certificate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 出生證 (“birth certificate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書
	Malaysia	報生紙
	Singapore	報生紙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	出世紙
	Hong Kong	出世紙
	Macau	出世紙
	Taishan	出世紙
	Singapore (Guangfu)	報生紙
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	出世紙
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	生囝字
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生字仔, 報生紙, 大字 dated, 生囝字 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	出生紙
	Jieyang	出生字, 出生紙
	Singapore (Teochew)	生囝字
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	出生證