夾生

Chinese

		hold between; clip; lined hold between; clip; lined; narrow lane; folder; to press from both sides; to place in between	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (夾生)		夾	生
simp. (夹生)		夹	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāshēng, jiáshēng, jiàsheng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄥ, ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄕㄥ, ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ saang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiap-chhiⁿ / kiap-chheⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kaq-san
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jia⁶ sen¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiasheng
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: jyā-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasheng
  - Palladius: цзяшэн (czjašɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    夾生／夹生
    家生
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiáshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiásheng
  - Wade–Giles: chia²-shêng¹
  - Yale: jyá-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyasheng
  - Palladius: цзяшэн (czjašɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàsheng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàshe̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: chia⁴-shêng⁵
  - Yale: jyà-sheng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah.sheng
  - Palladius: цзяшэн (czjašɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaap³ saang¹
  - Yale: gaap sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiap-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiapchvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiap-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiapzhvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷kaq-san
  - MiniDict: kah^入 san
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kaq-san
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kaʔ³³ sã⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jia⁶ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠²⁴ sən³³/

Adjective

夾生

(of food) half-cooked
(of a job) not well done
not quite assimilated

Synonyms

(half-cooked): 半生不熟 (bànshēngbùshú); (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien) 半生熟; (Hokkien) 半頭生／半头生, 半生拉熟, 咬生菇, 生膏爛／生膏烂