生囝字

Chinese

		to give birth	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (生囝字)		生囝	字

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-kiáⁿ-lī / seⁿ-kiáⁿ-jī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-kiáⁿ-lī
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-kiánn-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svi'kviafli
    • IPA (Singapore): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴²⁻²⁴ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-kiáⁿ-jī
    • Tâi-lô: senn-kiánn-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sve'kviafji
    • IPA (Penang): /sɛ̃³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ d͡zi²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴²⁻²⁴ d͡zi²²/

Noun

生囝字

1. (Singapore and Malaysian Hokkien, dated) birth certificate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 出生證 (“birth certificate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書
Mandarin	Taiwan	出生證, 出生證明, 出生證明書, 出生證書
	Malaysia	報生紙
	Singapore	報生紙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	出世紙
	Hong Kong	出世紙
	Macau	出世紙
	Taishan	出世紙
	Singapore (Guangfu)	報生紙
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	出世紙
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	生囝字
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生字仔, 報生紙, 大字 dated, 生囝字 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	出生紙
	Jieyang	出生字, 出生紙
	Singapore (Teochew)	生囝字
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	出生證