更生

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (更生)		更	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngshēng, gèngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄕㄥ, ㄍㄥˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ sang¹, gang¹ saang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kng-sng / keng-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland (in the Second List of Pronunciation Standards for Words with Multiple Readings (1959)))⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengsheng
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: gēng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengsheng
    • Palladius: гэншэн (gɛnšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gèngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gèngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: kêng⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: gèng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genqsheng
    • Palladius: гэншэн (gɛnšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang¹ sang¹, gang¹ saang¹
    • Yale: gāng sāng, gāng sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ sang¹, gang¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ seng¹, geng¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /kɐŋ⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: kng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: king-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

更生

1. to be reborn
2. to become rejuvenated; to be reinvigorated; to be revived
3. to renew; to reuse; to restore

Derived terms

• 自力更生

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
更	生
こう Grade: S	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
甦生 (rare)

Noun

更(こう)生(せい) • (kōsei) ^{←かうせい (kausei)?}

1. the process of restoring one to be a productive member of society; rehabilitation
2. being reborn; rebirth
3. restoring an object that has lost its value to its former value; restoration