化生

Chinese

		to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (化生)		化	生
simp. #(化生)		化	生
anagram		生化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàsheng
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: hwà-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahsheng
    • Palladius: хуашэн (xuašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa³ sang¹
    • Yale: fa sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa³ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

化生

1. (literary) to nourish and bring up; to convert and produce
2. (zoology) to metamorphose
3. (Buddhism) to be born by transformation; to be born through metamorphosis
4. (medicine) to undergo metaplasia

   腸化生／肠化生  ―  cháng huàshēng  ―  intestinal metaplasia

Noun

化生

1. (literary) incarnation; manifestation
2. (literary, historical) infant idol used in ancient times when supplicating for a son
3. (literary) statue of a goddess

Derived terms

• 化生女
• 化生盆
• 化生金盆

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (化生):

• → Japanese: 化(け)生(しょう) (keshō)
• → Korean: 화생(化生) (hwasaeng)
• → Vietnamese: hoá sinh (化生)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “化生” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].