獨生

See also: 独生

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (獨生)		獨	生
simp. (独生)		独	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-seng / to̍k-sng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúsheng
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-shêng¹
    • Yale: dú-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusheng
    • Palladius: душэн (dušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ sang¹
    • Yale: duhk sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-seng
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogsefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-sng
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² sŋ̍³³/

Verb

獨生

1. to have a single child

Adjective

獨生

1. (attributive) only one born; single-child; without siblings

   獨生子／独生子  ―  dúshēngzǐ  ―  only son

Derived terms

• 獨生女／独生女 (dúshēngnǚ)
• 獨生子／独生子 (dúshēngzǐ)
• 獨生子女／独生子女