怯生

Chinese

		afraid; rustic	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (怯生)		怯	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qièshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hip³ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qièshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cièsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: chyè-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehsheng
    • Palladius: цешэн (cešɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hip³ sang¹
    • Yale: hip sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hip⁸ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hib³ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːp̚³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

怯生

1. to be shy with strangers

Synonyms

• 怕生 (pàshēng)
• 認生／认生 (rènshēng)
• 驚生份／惊生份 (Hokkien)