生番

See also: 生蕃

Chinese

		raw; uncooked; wild	barbarian; savage; native barbarian; savage; native; indigenous person
trad. (生番)		生	番
simp. ^#(生番)		生	番
alternative forms		生蕃

Etymology

Compare Japanese 生蕃(せいばん) (seiban).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngfān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄈㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ faan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-fân
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-hoan / chheⁿ-hoan

(Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ huêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngfān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄈㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengfan
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-fan¹
  - Yale: shēng-fān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengfan
  - Palladius: шэнфань (šɛnfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ faan¹
  - Yale: sāang fāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ faan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ fan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-fân
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˊ fan^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ fan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ fan²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-hoan
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-huan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'hoafn
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-hoan
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-huan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'hoafn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cên¹ huêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ hueng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ hueŋ³³/

Noun

生番

(dated, ethnic slur) barbarian; savage
(historical ethnography, derogatory) member of a non-sinicized ethnic minority (as opposed to the sinicized 熟番)
(derogatory) uncivilized, unreasonable, uneducated, or insolent person

Synonyms

蠻人／蛮人 (mánrén)
野人 (yěrén)
野蠻人／野蛮人 (yěmánrén)

Related terms

熟番 (shúfān)

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