牲畜

Chinese

		domestic animal	to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
simp. and trad. (牲畜)		牲	畜
anagram		畜牲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngchù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄔㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ cuk¹ / sang¹ cuk¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-hiuk
Eastern Min (BUC): sĕng-hé̤ṳk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-thiok / seng-thiok / seng-hiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngchù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄔㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengchù
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻu⁴
  - Yale: shēng-chù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchuh
  - Palladius: шэнчу (šɛnču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ cuk¹ / sang¹ cuk¹
  - Yale: sāang chūk / sāng chūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsuk⁷ / sang¹ tsuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ cug¹ / seng¹ cug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-hiuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ hiug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ hiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ hi̯uk̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-hé̤ṳk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋøyʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-thiok
  - Tâi-lô: sng-thiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngtiog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ tʰiɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-thiok
  - Tâi-lô: sing-thiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengtiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-hiok
  - Tâi-lô: sing-hiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senghiog
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔk̚³²/

Noun

牲畜

livestock; domestic animals
役用犬能幫助農工驅趕牲畜到他們需要它們的方向。 [MSC, trad.]
役用犬能帮助农工驱赶牲畜到他们需要它们的方向。 [MSC, simp.]
Yìyòngquǎn néng bāngzhù nónggōng qūgǎn shēngchù dào tāmen xūyào tāmen de fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]
Working dogs help ranchers to drive animals where they want them to go.
- 耶和華神對蛇說：你既作了這事，就必受咒詛，比一切的牲畜野獸更甚；你必用肚子行走，終身吃土。 [MSC, trad.]
  耶和华神对蛇说：你既作了这事，就必受咒诅，比一切的牲畜野兽更甚；你必用肚子行走，终身吃土。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:14
  Yēhéhuá Shén duì shé shuō: Nǐ jì zuò le zhè shì, jiù bì shòu zhòuzǔ, bǐ yīqiè de shēngchù yěshòu gèng shèn; nǐ bì yòng dùzi xíng zǒu, zhōngshēn chī tǔ. [Pinyin]
  And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Synonyms

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家畜 (jiāchù)
牲口 (shēngkǒu)
畜生
眾牲／众牲 (¹tson-san) (Wu)
精牲 (Hokkien, Teochew)
頭牲／头牲 (Hakka, Hokkien)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牲畜):

→ Vietnamese: sinh súc (牲畜)