廩生

Chinese

		government granary	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (廩生)		廩	生
simp. (廪生)		廪	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐnshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁵ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐnshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐnsheng
    • Wade–Giles: lin³-shêng¹
    • Yale: lǐn-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liinsheng
    • Palladius: линьшэн (linʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁵ sang¹
    • Yale: láhm sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁵ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁵ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

廩生

1. (historical) Short for 廩膳生員／廪膳生员 (“in the imperial examination system, the first class of shengyuan, who were the best performers in the college exam, and got to receive government-issued rations and pay for their academic achievements”).