孿生

Chinese

		twins	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (孿生)		孿	生
simp. (孪生)		孪	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luánshēng, lüánshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄥ, ㄌㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴ sang¹ / lyun⁴ saang¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): loân-seng / loân-sng

(Teochew, Peng'im): luang⁵ sên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luánshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luánsheng
  - Wade–Giles: luan²-shêng¹
  - Yale: lwán-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luansheng
  - Palladius: луаньшэн (luanʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lüánshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyuánsheng
  - Wade–Giles: lüan²-shêng¹
  - Yale: lywán-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuansheng
  - Palladius: люаньшэн (ljuanʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lyun⁴ sang¹ / lyun⁴ saang¹
  - Yale: lyùhn sāng / lyùhn sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴ sang¹ / lyn⁴ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴ seng¹ / lün⁴ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /lyːn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân-seng
  - Tâi-lô: luân-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loansefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /luan²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân-sng
  - Tâi-lô: luân-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loansngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /luan²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: luang⁵ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luâng seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/

Adjective

孿生

(attributive) twin

Derived terms

孿生兄弟 / 孪生兄弟 (luánshēng xiōngdì)
孿生子 / 孪生子 (luánshēngzǐ)