生娃

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	baby; doll
trad. (生娃)		生	娃
simp. #(生娃)		生	娃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngwá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄨㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngwá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengwá
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-wa²
    • Yale: shēng-wá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengwa
    • Palladius: шэнва (šɛnva)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ wä³⁵/

Verb

生娃

1. (colloquial) to give birth (to a child)

Synonyms

• 分娩 (fēnmiǎn)
• 抾囝 (Hokkien)
• 抾囡仔 (Hokkien)
• 洗囝 (sǎi-gṳ̌ing) (Northern Min)
• 生仔 (saang¹ zai²) (Cantonese)
• 生囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 生囡仔 (Hokkien)
• 生娃娃 (Jin)
• 生嬰仔／生婴仔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 生孩子 (shēng háizi)
• 生崽 (sang¹ zai³) (Gan)
• 生產／生产 (shēngchǎn)
• 踮房 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 降倈仔／降俫仔 (Hakka)