栩栩如生

Chinese

		vivid; lively	as (if); such as	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (栩栩如生)		栩栩	如	生
simp. #(栩栩如生)		栩栩	如	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔxǔrúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ ㄒㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi² heoi² jyu⁴ sang¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hú-hú-lû-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu² hu² ru⁵ sên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔxǔrúshēng [Phonetic: xúxǔrúshēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ ㄒㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔsyǔrúsheng
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³-hsü³-ju²-shêng¹
    • Yale: syǔ-syǔ-rú-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheusheurusheng
    • Palladius: сюйсюйжушэн (sjujsjujžušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi² heoi² jyu⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: héui héui yùh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey² hoey² jy⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu² hêu² yu⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵ hɵy̯³⁵ jyː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-hú-lû-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hú-hú-lû-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'hwlusefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu² hu² ru⁵ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hú hú jû seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵²⁻³⁵ hu⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/

Idiom

栩栩如生

1. to appear lifelike and vivid; vividly; realistically