生生

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Chinese

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to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
simp. and trad.
(生生) 		生 生

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 生 生
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 所庚切 所敬切
Baxter sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sang1 sang3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 生 生 生
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; live

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11312 11322
Phonetic
component 		生 生
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		生 生
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/

Noun

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生生

  1. every generation
  2. Alternative form of 猩猩 (xīngxing)

Verb

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生生

  1. to grow and multiply without end
  2. to seek one's livelihood
  3. to live

Adverb

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生生

  1. while still alive

Adjective

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生生

  1. vigorous
  2. timid

Suffix

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生生

  1. expressive suffix

Derived terms

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