生意

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (生意)		生	意

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngyi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ˙ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ ji³
Northern Min (KCR): sáing-i̿
Eastern Min (BUC): sĕng-é
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-ì / sng-ì
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹san-i₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ˙ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengyi̊
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-i⁵
  - Yale: shēng-yi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng.i
  - Palladius: шэнъи (šɛnʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ ji³
  - Yale: sāang yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáing-i̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saiŋ⁵⁴ i³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-é
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋɛi²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sing-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seng'ix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sng-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sng'ix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ i⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ¹san-i₅
  - MiniDict: san^平 i^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹san-i₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sã⁵⁵ i²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /sã⁴⁴ i²¹/

Noun

生意

business; trade (Classifier: 筆／笔; 樁／桩 m; 單／单 m c)
我們的那筆做生意的錢還沒有著落。 [MSC, trad.]
我们的那笔做生意的钱还没有着落。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒmen de nà bǐ zuò shēngyì de qián hái méiyǒu zhuóluò. [Pinyin]
We still haven't secured the business fund.

呢排生意真係好好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢排生意真系好好。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ni¹ paai⁴ saang¹ ji³ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² hou². [Jyutping]
Business has been booming lately.

Synonyms

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交易 (jiāoyì)
商務 / 商务 (shāngwù)
商業 / 商业 (shāngyè)
業務 / 业务 (yèwù)
生理 (shēnglǐ) (literary or Hakka, Min)
買賣 / 买卖 (mǎimài)

Dialectal synonyms of 生意 (“business; trade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生意, 買賣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	買賣
	Taiwan	生意
	Harbin	買賣
	Malaysia	生意
	Singapore	生意
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	買兒賣兒, 買賣, 生意
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	買賣, 生意
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	買賣, 生意
	Wanrong	買賣, 生意
	Xi'an	買賣, 生意
	Xining	生意, 買賣
	Xuzhou	生意, 買賣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	生意, 買賣
	Lanzhou	買賣, 生意
	Ürümqi	買賣, 生意
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	生意, 買賣
	Wuhan	生意買賣, 生意, 買賣
	Guiyang	生意, 買賣
	Kunming	生意
	Guilin	生意
	Liuzhou	生意, 買賣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生意
	Yangzhou	生意
	Hefei	生意
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生意
	Hong Kong	生意
	Macau	生意
	Dongguan	生意
	Yangjiang	生意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	生意
	Singapore (Guangfu)	生意
Gan	Nanchang	生意
	Lichuan	生意
	Pingxiang	生意
Hakka	Meixian	生理
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	生理
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	生理
	Wuhua (Changbu)	生理
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	生理
	Jiexi	生理
	Luhe	生理
	Yudu	生意
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生理
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生理
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生理
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	生理
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	生理
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	生理
Huizhou	Jixi	生意
Jin	Taiyuan	生意, 買賣
Jin	Xinzhou	生意, 買賣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	生意
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	生意, 生理
Southern Min	Xiamen	生理
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	生理
	Quanzhou	生理
	Yongchun	生理
	Zhangzhou	生理
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	生理
	Zhao'an	生理
	Dongshan	生理
	Taipei	生理, 買賣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	生理, 買賣
	Kaohsiung	生理, 買賣
	Yilan	生理, 買賣
	Changhua (Lukang)	生理, 買賣
	Taichung	生理, 買賣
	Tainan	生理, 買賣
	Hsinchu	生理, 買賣
	Kinmen	生理, 買賣
	Penghu (Magong)	生理, 買賣
	Penang (Hokkien)	生理
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生理
	Manila (Hokkien)	生理
	Longyan	生理
	Chaozhou	生理
	Raoping	生理
	Shantou	生理
	Shantou (Chenghai)	生理
	Jieyang	生理
	Haifeng	生理
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	生理
	Singapore (Teochew)	生理
	Leizhou	商意
	Wenchang	生意
	Haikou	生意
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	生意
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	生意, 買賣
Wu	Shanghai	生意, 買賣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	生意
	Suzhou	生意
	Danyang	生意
	Hangzhou	生意
	Ningbo	生意
	Wenzhou	生意
	Jinhua	生意
Xiang	Changsha	生意
	Loudi	生意, 買賣
	Shuangfeng	生意

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ji³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengyì
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-i⁴
  - Yale: shēng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengyih
  - Palladius: шэнъи (šɛnʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ ji³
  - Yale: sāng yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/

Noun

生意

vitality

Synonyms

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朝氣 / 朝气 (zhāoqì)
活力 (huólì)
活氣 / 活气 (huóqì)
生命力 (shēngmìnglì)
生機 / 生机 (shēngjī)
生氣 / 生气 (shēngqì)

Derived terms

生意盎然