生字

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (生字)		生	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-lī / chheⁿ-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengzìh
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: shēng-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtzyh
    • Palladius: шэнцзы (šɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄗˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengzìhr
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: shēng-dzìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtzell
    • Palladius: шэнцзыр (šɛnczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ zi⁶
    • Yale: sāang jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvili
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-jī
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhveji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/

Noun

生字

1. new character (that one is not familiar with); new word
2. birth number (on a birth certificate)

Synonyms

• (new character): 生詞／生词 (shēngcí)