書生

See also: 书生

Chinese

		book; letter	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (書生)		書	生
simp. (书生)		书	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-sên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su-seng / chir-sng / si-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ sêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shusheng
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: shū-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shusheng
    • Palladius: шушэн (šušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ sang¹
    • Yale: syū sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-seng
    • Tâi-lô: su-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-sng
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-sng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-seng
    • Tâi-lô: si-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sisefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ seŋ³³/

Noun

書生

1. scholar; intellectual

   • 這位書生膽子很大，總是想見見鬼的樣子，卻都沒見到。 [MSC, trad.]
     这位书生胆子很大，总是想见见鬼的样子，却都没见到。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020, 《懺悔要在活著的時候才有用》 (translated based on the English version of the article)

     Zhèwèi shūshēng dǎnzi hěn dà, zǒngshì xiǎng jiàn jian guǐ de yàngzi, què dōu méi jiàndào. [Pinyin]

     There was a [very brave] scholar, who had always wanted to see a ghost but never had.

2. pedantic scholar

Synonyms

• (scholar):

• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 儒生 (rúshēng) (literary)
• 士人 (shìrén) (literary)
• 學人／学人 (xuérén)
• 學士／学士 (xuéshì)
• 學者／学者 (xuézhě)
• 文人 (wénrén)
• 文人墨客 (wénrénmòkè)
• 文士 (wénshì)
• 知識人／知识人
• 知識分子／知识分子
• 秀才 (xiùcái)
• 讀冊人／读册人 (Hokkien)
• 讀書人／读书人 (dúshūrén)
• 騷人／骚人 (sāorén)
• 騷人墨客／骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè)
• 騷客／骚客 (sāokè)
• 墨客 (mòkè)

 

Derived terms

• 一介書生／一介书生 (yījièshūshēng)
• 文弱書生／文弱书生 (wénruòshūshēng)
• 書生之見／书生之见
• 書生氣／书生气 (shūshēngqì)
• 牛角書生／牛角书生
• 白面書生／白面书生 (báimiànshūshēng)
• 百無一用是書生／百无一用是书生 (bǎiwúyīyòng shì shūshēng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
書	生
しょ Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

書(しょ)生(せい) • (shosei) 

1. (Meiji and Taishō period) student
2. (later) a student who helps with housework in exchange for lodging

Usage notes

• The modern term for a student is 学生 or 生徒.