催生

Chinese

		urge; press; expedite urge; press; expedite; prompt; hurry	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (催生)		催	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuīshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ sang¹ / ceoi¹ saang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuīshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cueisheng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: tswēi-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueisheng
    • Palladius: цуйшэн (cujšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ sang¹ / ceoi¹ saang¹
    • Yale: chēui sāng / chēui sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ sang¹ / tsoey¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ seng¹ / cêu¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

催生

1. (obstetrics) Synonym of 催產／催产 (cuīchǎn, “to induce labour”)
2. to urge (one's child) to have children soon
3. (figurative) to produce; to engender; to come into being; to form; to exert; to generate

Synonyms

• (to produce):

• 出世 (chūshì)
• 問世／问世 (wènshì)
• 現世／现世 (xiànshì)
• 產生／产生 (chǎnshēng)
• 登臺／登台 (dēngtái) (figurative)
• 行世 (xíngshì) (literary)
• 誕生／诞生 (dànshēng)
• 面世 (miànshì)

 

Derived terms

• 催生禮／催生礼

 

See also

• 催婚 (cuīhūn)