門下生

Chinese

		disciple; follower	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (門下生)		門下	生
simp. (门下生)		门下	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménxiàshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménxiàshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménsiàsheng
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-hsia⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: mén-syà-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menshiahsheng
    • Palladius: мэньсяшэн (mɛnʹsjašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

門下生

1. (literary, historical) retainer in an aristocratic household
2. (literary) disciple; student (under a particular teacher)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
門	下	生
もん Grade: 2	か Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もんか​せー [mòńkáꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mõ̞ŋka̠se̞ː]

Noun

門(もん)下(か)生(せい) • (monkasei) 

1. disciple