生鉎

Chinese

		to grow	rust
trad. (生鉎)		生	鉎
simp. (生𰽫)		生	𰽫
alternative forms		生鍟／生𰾝 Cantonese 生銹／生锈 Hokkien 生鏥 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saang¹ seng³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sang¹ lhiang¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): săng-*cĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-sian / siⁿ-san / seⁿ-sian / seⁿ-san

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ sang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ seng³
    • Yale: sāang seng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ seng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ séng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ sɛːŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sang¹ lhiang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ³³ ɬiaŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-*cĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-sian
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svisiefn
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-san
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svisafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /sĩ³³ san³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-sian
    • Tâi-lô: senn-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svesiefn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /sɛ̃³³⁻²¹ siɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-san
    • Tâi-lô: senn-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svesafn
    • IPA (Singapore): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên¹ sang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ sang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ saŋ³³/

Verb

生⫽鉎 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Zhao'an Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min) to rust; to get rusty; to corrode; to oxidise
2. (Hokkien) to accumulate grime on one's skin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 生鏽 (“to rust; to get rusty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鏽
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生鏽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	長鏽
	Taiwan	生鏽
	Singapore	生鏽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	長鉎鏉, 鉎鏉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鏽
	Wanrong	鏽
	Xi'an	鏽, 生業 intense
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鏽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生鏽, 生鉎
	Hong Kong	生鏽
	Taishan	生鉎
Gan	Nanchang	生鏽, 鏽
Hakka	Meixian	生黸, 生黸哥
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	生黸, 生黸雞, 生鉎
	Yudu	生黸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生黸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生黸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生黸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	生黸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	生黸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	生鉎
Huizhou	Jixi	上鏽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	生鉎
Southern Min	Xiamen	生鉎
	Quanzhou	生鉎
	Zhangzhou	生鉎
	Tainan	生鉎
	Penang (Hokkien)	生鉎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生鉎
	Manila (Hokkien)	生鉎
	Shantou	生鉎
	Jieyang	生鉎
	Haikou	食鉎, 生鉎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	起鉎, 生鉎
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	鏽
	Jinhua	上鏽, 上鐵鏽
Xiang	Changsha	生黸, 黸
	Loudi	起黸, 黸

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “生鉎”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC