孖生

Chinese

		twins	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (孖生)		孖	生

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maa¹ saang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ma¹ sang^1-4*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa¹ saang¹
    • Yale: mā sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ma¹ sang^1-4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐba³³ saŋ³³⁻²¹⁵/

Adjective

孖生

1. (Cantonese) twin

   孖生兄弟 [Cantonese]  ―  maa¹ saang¹ hing¹ dai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  twin brothers

   佢哋兩個咁似樣，重以為佢哋係孖生嘅添。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢哋两个咁似样，重以为佢哋系孖生嘅添。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ dei⁶ loeng⁵ go³ gam³ ci⁵ joeng^6-2, zung⁶ ji⁵ wai⁴ keoi⁵ dei⁶ hai⁶ maa¹ saang¹ ge³ tim¹. [Jyutping]

   The two of them look so alike that I thought they were twins.