蒼生

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (蒼生)		蒼	生
simp. (苍生)		苍	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-sng / chhong-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangsheng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: tsāng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangsheng
    • Palladius: цаншэн (canšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ sang¹
    • Yale: chōng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-sng
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

蒼生

1. (literary) common people

   • 可憐夜半虛前席，不問蒼生問鬼神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     可怜夜半虚前席，不问苍生问鬼神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9th century, Li Shangyin, 賈生

     Kělián yèbàn xū qián xí, bù wèn cāngshēng wèn guǐshén. [Pinyin]

     Such a pity it is that the emperor left his seat empty at midnight, yet asking not about his people but about the supernatural.

2. sentient beings (clarification of this definition is needed)

   《天地蒼生》／《天地苍生》  ―  “Tiāndì Cāngshēng”  ―  Sentient Beings between Heaven and Earth (a magazine)

3. area where vegetation grows

Derived terms

• 天下蒼生／天下苍生
• 霖雨蒼生／霖雨苍生

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蒼生):

• → Japanese: 蒼生(そうせい) (sōsei)
• → Korean: 창생(蒼生) (changsaeng)