生趣

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	interesting; to interest
trad. (生趣)		生	趣
simp. #(生趣)		生	趣
anagram		趣生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ceoi³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sên-chhi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sên¹ qi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengcyù
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: shēng-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchiuh
    • Palladius: шэнцюй (šɛncjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ ceoi³
    • Yale: sāng cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chhi
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ qi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sên¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰi⁵³/

Adjective

生趣

1. (Hakka) interesting; absorbing; engaging; delightful

   • 花香書香人情香　人生越過越生趣 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     花香书香人情香　人生越过越生趣 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2014, 謝宇威 [Hsieh Yu-Wei], 劉劭希 [Liu Shaoxi], 官靈芝 [Emily Kuan], 欒克勇 [Lemon Luan], 東東(湯運煥) [Dong], 邱廉欽 [Kim Chiu], 葉鈺渟 [Yeh Yu-ting], JPM, 幸福个氣味

     fâ hiông sû hiông ngìn-chhìn hiông, ngìn-sên ye̍t ko ye̍t sên-chhi [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     The flowers are pleasant, and so are books and relationships; life gets more interesting as we live it

Synonyms

• 咧斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 扎勁 (⁷tsaq-cin) (Shanghainese)
• 有味 (yǒuwèi)
• 有局 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
• 有趣 (yǒuqù)
• 趣味 (chhù-bī) (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 逗 (dòu)

 

Noun

生趣

1. (literary) joy of life
2. (literary) vividness