生計

See also: 生计

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (生計)		生	計
simp. (生计)		生	计
anagram		計生／计生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ gai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-kie
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-kè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengjì
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: shēng-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjih
    • Palladius: шэнцзи (šɛnczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ gai³
    • Yale: sāng gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-kè
    • Tâi-lô: sing-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengkex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³ ke⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke²¹/

Noun

生計

1. livelihood

Synonyms

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• 世故 (shìgù) (archaic)
• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 生涯 (shēngyá)
• 生產 / 生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
• 生路 (shēnglù)
• 飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn) (figurative, informal)

 

Verb

生計

1. (archaic) to devise a stratagem; to work out a scheme; to draw up a plan

   • 縣官聽石剝皮說阿狗與鄉親們關係好，於是生了一計，準備派官兵去村裏抄殺。 [MSC, trad.]
     县官听石剥皮说阿狗与乡亲们关系好，于是生了一计，准备派官兵去村里抄杀。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: [1]

     Xiànguān tīng Shíbōpí shuō Āgǒu yǔ xiāngqīnmen guānxì hǎo, yúshì shēng le yī jì, zhǔnbèi pài guānbīng qù cūnlǐ chāoshā. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 定計／定计 (dìngjì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	計
せい Grade: 1	けい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーけー [sèékéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

生(せい)計(けい) • (seikei) 

1. livelihood

   生計(せいけい)維持(いじ)者(しゃ)

   seikei iji-sha

   livelihood sustainer; breadwinner

   • 1910, 夏目漱石, 門:

     小女(こおんな)を一人使(ひとりつか)って、朝(あさ)から晩(ばん)までことりと音(おと)もしないように静(しずか)かな生計(せいけい)を立(た)てていた。

     Koonna o hitori tsukatte, asa kara ban made kotori to oto mo shinai yō ni shizukaka na seikei o tatete ita.

     They had only a young maid, and from morning to night they led a livelihood so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Derived terms

• 生計(せいけい)を立(た)てる (seikei o tateru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	計

Noun

生計 • (saenggye) (hangeul 생계)

1. hanja form^? of 생계 (“livelihood”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	計

Noun

生計

1. chữ Hán form of sinh kế (“livelihood”).