Chinese edit

already; since; both... (and...)
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
moon
trad. (既生霸)
simp. #(既生霸)
Literally: “after the moon appears”.

Pronunciation edit



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjɨjH › ‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng › ‹ H › ‹ phæk ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ə[t]-s/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?) /*pˁrak-s/ /*[pʰˁ]rak/
English complete (v.) bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; live have hegemony new moon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 5821 11312 11322 181
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯds/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/ /*praːɡs/

Noun edit

既生霸

  1. (obsolete, astronomy) waxing moon

Coordinate terms edit