生分

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (生分)		生	分
simp. #(生分)		生	分
alternative forms		生份

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngfèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ fan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-fun
• Eastern Min (BUC): săng-hông
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sa¹ hong⁵ / saⁿ¹ huong⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-hūn / seⁿ-hūn / chheⁿ-hūn / chhiⁿ-hūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ hung⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngfèn → shēngfen (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄈㄣˋ → ㄕㄥ ˙ㄈㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengfe̊n
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-fên⁵
    • Yale: shēng-fen
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng.fenn
    • Palladius: шэнфэнь (šɛnfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fən⁵¹/ → /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fən²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ fan⁶
    • Yale: sāang fahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ fan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ fen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ fɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-fun
    • Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˊ fun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ fun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fun⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-hông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋouŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sa¹ hong⁵ [Phonetic: sa² ong⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬa⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(h-)ɔŋ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: saⁿ¹ huong⁵ [Phonetic: saⁿ² uong⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬã⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(h-)uoŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-hūn
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svi'hun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ³³ hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-hūn
    • Tâi-lô: senn-hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sve'hun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² hun²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-hūn
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'hun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-hūn
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'hun
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ hung⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ hūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ huŋ¹¹/

Verb

生分

1. to grow apart; to become estranged

Adjective

生分

1. estranged
2. (Hakka, Southern Min, Eastern Min) strange; unfamiliar

   野𣆯無見，變生分去。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   野𣆯无见，变生分去。 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   Iā-òng mò̤-*giéng, biéng săng-hông kó̤>ó̤. / [ia³³⁻²¹ ouŋ⁵³ mo⁵³⁻²¹ kiɛŋ²¹³ piɛŋ²¹³ saŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋouŋ²⁴² ɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   It's been so long since they met, they've become strangers.

Synonyms

• (unfamiliar): 陌生 (mòshēng), 生疏 (shēngshū)

Derived terms

• 生分儂／生分侬
• 生分話／生分话
• 生分鋪／生分铺

 

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), “生分”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 455.
• 冯爱珍 [Feng, Aizhen], editor (1998), “生分”, in 福州方言词典 (in Chinese), Nanjing: 江苏教育出版社 (Jiangsu Educational Press), →ISBN.