生兒育女

See also: 生儿育女

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	son; child; diminutive suffix	nourish; to rear	female; woman; daughter
trad. (生兒育女)		生	兒	育	女
simp. (生儿育女)		生	儿	育	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēng'éryùnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ ji⁴ juk⁶ neoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-jî-io̍k-lí / seⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí / siⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēng'éryùnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sheng-éryùnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-êrh²-yü⁴-nü³
    • Yale: shēng-ér-yù-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengerlyuhneu
    • Palladius: шэнъэрюйнюй (šɛnʺerjujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ ji⁴ juk⁶ neoi⁵
    • Yale: sāang yìh yuhk néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ ji⁴ juk⁹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ yi⁴ yug⁶ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-jî-io̍k-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sing-jî-io̍k-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengji'ioglie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí
    • Tâi-lô: senn-jî-io̍k-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sveji'ioglie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-jî-io̍k-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviji'ioglie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/

Idiom

生兒育女

1. to bear and raise children