生嬰仔

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	baby; infant
trad. (生嬰仔)		生	嬰仔
simp. (生婴仔)		生	婴仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-eⁿ-á / seⁿ-eⁿ--á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-eⁿ-á
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-enn-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svi've'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ẽ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-eⁿ--á
    • Tâi-lô: senn-enn--á

Verb

生嬰仔

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) 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 (shēngwá) (colloquial)
• 生娃娃 (Jin)
• 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)