牲畜

Chinese

		domestic animal	to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
simp. and trad. (牲畜)		牲	畜
anagram		畜牲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ cuk¹, sang¹ cuk¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-hiuk
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕng-hé̤ṳk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-thiok / seng-thiok / seng-hiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengchù
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻu⁴
    • Yale: shēng-chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchuh
    • Palladius: шэнчу (šɛnču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ cuk¹, sang¹ cuk¹
    • Yale: sāang chūk, sāng chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsuk⁷, sang¹ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ cug¹, seng¹ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-hiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ hiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ hiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ hi̯uk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-hé̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋøyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-thiok
    • Tâi-lô: sng-thiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngtiog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ tʰiɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-thiok
    • Tâi-lô: sing-thiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengtiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-hiok
    • Tâi-lô: sing-hiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senghiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔk̚³²/

Noun

牲畜

1. livestock; domestic animals

   役用犬能幫助農工驅趕牲畜到他們需要它們的方向。 [MSC, trad.]
   役用犬能帮助农工驱赶牲畜到他们需要它们的方向。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yìyòngquǎn néng bāngzhù nónggōng qūgǎn shēngchù dào tāmen xūyào tāmen de fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]

   Working dogs help ranchers to drive animals where they want them to go.

   • 耶和華神對蛇說：你既作了這事，就必受咒詛，比一切的牲畜野獸更甚；你必用肚子行走，終身吃土。 [MSC, trad.]
     耶和华神对蛇说：你既作了这事，就必受咒诅，比一切的牲畜野兽更甚；你必用肚子行走，终身吃土。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:14

     Yēhéhuá Shén duì shé shuō: Nǐ jì zuò le zhè shì, jiù bì shòu zhòuzǔ, bǐ yīqiè de shēngchù yěshòu gèng shèn; nǐ bì yòng dùzi xíng zǒu, zhōngshēn chī tǔ. [Pinyin]

     And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Synonyms

• 家畜 (jiāchù)
• 牲口 (shēngkǒu)
• 畜生
• 眾牲／众牲 (¹tson-san) (Wu)
• 精牲 (cheng-seⁿ) (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 頭牲／头牲 (Hakka, Hokkien)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牲畜):

• → Vietnamese: sinh súc (牲畜)