怎生
Chinese
[edit]| how | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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| simp. and trad. (怎生) |
怎 | 生 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zěnsheng
- Wade–Giles: tsên3-shêng1
- Yale: dzěn-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeensheng
- Palladius: цзэньшэн (czɛnʹšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zam2 sang1
- Yale: jám sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzam2 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: zem2 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adverb
[edit]怎生 (obsolete)
- how
- 孩兒，你教我怎生說波！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
- Hái'ér, nǐ jiào wǒ zěnshēng shuō bō! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
孩儿，你教我怎生说波！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- why
- no matter what; must