初生

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (初生)		初	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: chū-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chusheng
    • Palladius: чушэн (čušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 出生 出聲／出声 初升 初生 初聲／初声

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ sang¹
    • Yale: chō sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

初生

1. (literary) to be just born; to be newborn
2. (literary) to begin to develop

Derived terms

• 初生之犢／初生之犊 (chūshēngzhīdú)
• 初生態／初生态
• 初生犢／初生犊

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	生
しょ Grade: 4	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょせー [shòséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞se̞ː]

Noun

初(しょ)生(せい) • (shosei) 

1. firstling, firstborn offspring, newborn

Synonyms

• 初(うい)子(ご) (uigo)
• 初(はつ)子(ご) (hatsugo)

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/初生