生子

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (生子)		生	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: shēng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtzyy
    • Palladius: шэнцзы (šɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ zi²
    • Yale: sāang jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sraeng|sraengH tsiX

Rime
Character	生	生	子
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	III
Fanqie	所庚切	所敬切	即里切
Baxter	sraeng	sraengH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠæŋ/	/ʃˠæŋH/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaŋ/	/ʃᵚaŋH/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaŋ/	/ʃaŋH/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjŋ/	/ʂaɨjŋH/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋH/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋH/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂɐŋ/	/ʂɐŋH/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng	shèng	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang1	sang3	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sreŋ|sreŋ|sreŋ  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ|sreŋs  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	生	生	生	子
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēng	shēng	shēng	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ sræng ›	‹ sræng ›	‹ srjæng ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)	/*sreŋ/	/*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)	/*tsəʔ/
English	bear, be born; live	fresh, raw	bear, be born; live	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	生	生	子
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	11312	11322	17857
Phonetic component	生	生	子
Rime group	耕	耕	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	生	生	子
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːŋ/	/*sreŋs/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Verb

生子

1. (literary) to give birth to a son

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 降子

Noun

生子

1. (Classical) young adult

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	子
なま Grade: 1 (ateji)	こ Grade: 1 (ateji)
kun’yomi

Etymology

This alternative spelling may have arisen as a simplification and are an example of ateji (当て字).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 生子 – see the following entry.

【海鼠なまこ】 [noun] sea cucumber Alternative spellings 生海鼠, ナマコ

(This term, 生子, is an alternative spelling (informal) of the above term.)