招生

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (招生)		招	生

Etymology

As if short for 招收新生 (zhāoshōu xīnshēng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāoshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ sang¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chio-sng / chio-seng / chiau-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziao¹ sêng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsau-sen; ¹tsau ¹sen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaosheng
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: jāu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jausheng
    • Palladius: чжаошэн (čžaošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ sang¹
    • Yale: jīu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-sng
    • Tâi-lô: tsio-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioisngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tsio-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioisefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiau-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciausefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siau⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziao¹ sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiau seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siau³³⁻²³ seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsau-sen; ¹tsau ¹sen
    • MiniDict: tsau^平 sen; tsau^平 sen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsau-sen; ¹tsau ¹sen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵ sən²¹/, /t͡sɔ⁴⁴  sən⁵³/

Verb

招生

1. to recruit students; to admit students

   他負責招生。／他负责招生。  ―  Tā fùzé zhāoshēng.  ―  He is responsible for recruiting students.

   大學招生辦公室／大学招生办公室  ―  dàxué zhāoshēng bàngōngshì  ―  university admissions office

Derived terms

• 高招 (gāozhāo)