生臊
Chinese
[edit]to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
bashfulness; smell of urine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生臊) | 生 | 臊 | |
| simp. #(生臊) | 生 | 臊 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saang1 sou1
- Yale: sāang sōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: saang1 sou1
- Guangdong Romanization: sang1 sou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]生臊
- (Cantonese) to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in