學堂生

Chinese

		study hall; old-style private school; school	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (學堂生)		學堂	生
simp. (学堂生)		学堂	生

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁷ dorng² seng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o̍h-tn̂g-seng / o̍h-tn̂g-sng

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ dorng² seng¹ [Phonetic: hah⁶ dorng⁵ neng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁴⁻¹ tɒŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)nɛŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁷ dorng² seng¹ [Phonetic: hah⁶ dorng⁵ neng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²⁴⁻² tɒŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)nɛŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o̍h-tn̂g-seng
    • Tâi-lô: o̍h-tn̂g-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oiqd'ngsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /o(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /o(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o̍h-tn̂g-sng
    • Tâi-lô: o̍h-tn̂g-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oiqd'ngsngf
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /o(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/

Noun

學堂生

1. (Jinjiang, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) student; pupil
2. (Puxian Min, historical) student of new-style school

   • 學堂生，用油煎。
     煎赤赤，掛落壁。
     貓狸撓，廬鼠拆。 [Puxian Min, trad.]
     学堂生，用油煎。
     煎赤赤，挂落壁。
     猫狸挠，庐鼠拆。 [Puxian Min, simp.]

     From:

     hah⁷ dorng² seng¹, oeng⁵ iu² zeng¹.
     zeng¹ cia⁵ cia⁵, ge⁴ lo² bia⁵.
     mor² li³ ngieo¹, lou² cy³ tia⁵. [Pouseng Ping'ing]

     Modern school student, in oil he must be fried.
     Crispy red and burning hot, hung upon the wall to dry.
     Cats will claw and scratch at him, rats will tear him piece by piece.

Synonyms

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• 學員 / 学员 (xuéyuán) (especially one who studies outside the usual educational system)
• 學子 / 学子 (xuézǐ) (literary)
• 學徒 / 学徒 (xuétú) (literary)
• 學生 / 学生 (xuéshēng)
• 學生仔 / 学生仔 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 學生子 / 学生子 (Wu)
• 生徒 (shēngtú) (literary)

 

See also

• 八股生

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “学堂生”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 256.