雙生

See also: 双生

Chinese

		two; double; pair two; double; pair; both	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (雙生)		雙	生
simp. (双生)		双	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuāngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sûng-sâng
Eastern Min (BUC): sĕ̤ng-săng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sang¹ sa¹ / sang¹ saⁿ¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sang-siⁿ / siang-siⁿ / siang-seⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): sang¹ sên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuangsheng
  - Wade–Giles: shuang¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: shwāng-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangsheng
  - Palladius: шуаншэн (šuanšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    雙生 / 双生
    雙聲 / 双声
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (雙生兒 / 双生儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngshēngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤㄕㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuangshengr
  - Wade–Giles: shuang¹-shêng¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: shwāng-shēngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangshengl
  - Palladius: шуаншэнр (šuanšɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ sang¹
  - Yale: sēung sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sûng-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sung^ˊ sang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sung¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕ̤ng-săng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /søyŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)naŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sang¹ sa¹ [Phonetic: sang⁵ na¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬaŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)na⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sang¹ saⁿ¹ [Phonetic: sang⁵ na¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬaŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)na⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sang-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sang-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sangsvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /saŋ³³ sĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siang-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangsvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-seⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siang-senn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangsvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sang¹ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sang seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

Adjective

雙生

(attributive) twin

Derived terms

Noun

雙生

(dialectal) twins

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 雙胞胎 (“twins”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雙胞胎, 雙生子, 孿生子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	雙棒兒, 雙生兒, 雙兒
	Taiwan	雙胞胎
	Langfang	雙雙兒
	Chifeng	雙棒兒
	Harbin	雙棒兒, 雙勃朗兒, 雙子, 雙兒
	Shenyang	雙兒
	Malaysia	雙胞胎
	Singapore	雙胞胎
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	雙子
	Tangshan	雙棒兒
	Cangzhou	雙子
	Baoding	雙生兒
	Shijiazhuang	雙生兒
	Jinan	雙巴, 雙胞胎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	雙兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雙胞胎, 雙生兒
	Daming	雙生兒
	Wanrong	雙生
	Zhengzhou	雙生兒
	Xi'an	雙生兒
	Xining	雙雙子兒, 雙雙子
	Xuzhou	雙兒雙兒, 雙生
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雙雙兒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	雙生
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	雙棒棒, 雙棒子
	Bayanhot	雙雙
	Lanzhou	雙雙
	Ürümqi	雙雙
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雙雙兒, 雙兒, 雙, 雙胞胎
	Wuhan	雙生, 雙
	Guiyang	雙雙, 雙胞, 雙巴
	Kunming	雙胞胎
	Guilin	雙胞胎
	Liuzhou	雙胞胎
	Nanning (Wuming)	雙胞胎, 雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雙胞胎
	Yangzhou	雙胞子
	Nantong	雙胞兒
	Hefei	雙胞子
	Huanggang	雙生兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Hong Kong	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎, 孖胎
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	孖仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	孖仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	孖仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	孖仔
	Macau	孖胎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	孖仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Foshan	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Foshan (Shunde)	孖仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	孖胎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	孖胎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	孖胎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	孖胎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	孖仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	孖仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	孖仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	孖生
	Taishan	孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Enping (Niujiang)	孖生, 孖仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	孖得
	Dongguan	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	孖胎
	Qingyuan	孖胎, 孖仔, 雙仔
	Fogang	孖胎
	Yingde (Hanguang)	雙孖仔
	Yangshan	孖仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	雙龍仔
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	雙孖仔, 雙孖胎
	Shaoguan	孖仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孖仔
	Renhua	孖胎, 孖仔
	Lechang	孖仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	孖仔
	Sihui	雙孖仔
	Guangning	雙孖仔
	Deqing	孖仔
	Huaiji	孖胎
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	孖胎
	Yunfu	雙孖仔, 孖仔
	Xinxing	孖胎
	Luoding	孖仔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	雙孖
	Yangjiang	雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖妹 ♀
	Xinyi	阿拉
	Lianjiang	雙孖, 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀
	Nanning	雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙孖胎, 雙胞胎
	Wuzhou	雙孖仔 ♂, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Yulin	雙生
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雙胞胎
	Danzhou	雙胞胎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	孖仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Gan	Nanchang	雙生子
	Lichuan	雙生
	Pingxiang	雙雙仔, 雙雙子
Hakka	Meixian	雙胞卵, 雙胞胎
	Xingning	雙生子
	Huidong (Daling)	雙生子胎
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	孖仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	拉仔
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	孖胎
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	孖胎
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孖仔
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	雙花子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀
	Changting	雙胞落
	Wuping	雙生牯子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	雙生
	Liancheng	雙胞落
	Ninghua	雙生
	Yudu	雙胞胎
	Ruijin	雙胞落子, 雙胞子
	Shicheng	雙生
	Shangyou (Shexi)	雙胞子, 雙胞胎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雙胞卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雙生
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	雙生仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	雙生仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	雙生
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雙胞卵, 雙生仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雙胞卵, 雙生
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雙胞卵, 雙生仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雙降, 雙胞卵
	Hong Kong	孖仔
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	雙胞胎
	Sabah (Longchuan)	孖仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	雙生, 雙胞
	Singkawang	雙降
Jin	Taiyuan	雙生生
	Pingyao	雙生生
	Xinzhou	雙生子
	Linhe	雙生兒
	Hohhot	雙生生
	Zhangjiakou	雙生兒
	Handan	雙生子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	雙生仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雙生囝, 雙生
Eastern Min	Fuqing	雙生囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 雙生的, 雙生囝, 雙生
	Quanzhou	雙生的
	Jinjiang	雙生
	Zhangzhou	雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 夾雙仔
	Taipei	雙生仔
	Kaohsiung	雙生仔
	Yilan	雙生仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	雙生
	Taichung	雙生仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	雙生仔囝
	Tainan	雙生仔
	Taitung	雙生仔
	Hsinchu	雙生的
	Penghu (Magong)	雙生仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雙生仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	雙生的, 雙生仔, 雙生
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	雙生仔, 雙生囝
	Datian	雙生囝
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	雙胞胎
	Chaozhou	雙生囝
	Shantou	雙生囝, 雙胞胎
	Jieyang	雙生囝, 雙生兒
	Haifeng	雙生囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	雙生囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雙生
	Pontianak (Teochew)	雙生囝
	Leizhou	雙生囝
	Wenchang	雙生囝
	Haikou	雙生囝
Puxian Min	Putian	雙生, 雙生囝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	雙生, 雙生囝
Central Min	Yong'an	雙胞胎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	孖囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	孖胎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	雙胞胎
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	雙雙
Wu	Shanghai	雙胞胎
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雙幫頭
	Suzhou	雙胞胎, 雙生子, 雙雙子
	Danyang	雙胞, 雙胞胎
	Hangzhou	雙生兒, 雙生子, 雙胞胎
	Ningbo	雙胞胎
	Wenzhou	雙生娒, 雙生, 雙胞胎
	Jinhua	雙生兒
Xiang	Changsha	雙胞胎, 雙生子
	Loudi	雙生
	Shuangfeng	雙生子, 雙胎
	Quanzhou	雙胞胎
Note	♂ - male; ♀ - female

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “双生”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 463.