生番

See also: 生蕃

Chinese

		raw; uncooked; wild	barbarian; savage; native barbarian; savage; native; indigenous person
trad. (生番)		生	番
simp. #(生番)		生	番
alternative forms		生蕃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngfān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ faan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-fân
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-hoan / chheⁿ-hoan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ huêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngfān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengfan
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-fan¹
    • Yale: shēng-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengfan
    • Palladius: шэнфань (šɛnfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ faan¹
    • Yale: sāang fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-fân
    • Hakka Romanization System: sang´ fan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fan²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'hoafn
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'hoafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ huêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ hueng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ hueŋ³³/

Noun

生番

1. (dated, ethnic slur) barbarian; savage
2. (historical ethnography, derogatory) member of a non-sinicized ethnic minority (as opposed to the sinicized 熟番)
3. (derogatory) uncivilized, unreasonable, uneducated, or insolent person

Synonyms

• 蠻人／蛮人 (mánrén)
• 野人 (yěrén)
• 野蠻人／野蛮人 (yěmánrén)

Related terms

• 熟番 (shúfān)