畜生

Chinese

		to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal	(牲) domestic animal
simp. and trad. (畜生)		畜	生
alternative forms		畜牲

Etymology

First attested in Han Feizi (circa 2nd century BC). The expletive sense was attested in the Book of Sui (7th century AD). Influenced, through Buddhism, by Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (tiryagyoni, “animal creation”) and Pali tiracchānayoni (“the realm of the brute creation”) during the Six Dynasties times, as this word was used as a translation of the Sanskrit and Pali terms. Compare 牲畜 (shēngchù).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chùsheng, chùshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ ˙ㄕㄥ, ㄔㄨˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ saang¹ / cuk¹ sang¹
Gan (Wiktionary): cuh⁶ sen
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhuk-sâng

(Meixian, Guangdong): hiug⁵ sang¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thek-seⁿ / thiok-sng / thek-siⁿ / thiok-seng / hiok-seng

(Teochew, Peng'im): tiog⁴ sên¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tshoq-saon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chùsheng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ˙ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chùshe̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-shêng⁵
  - Yale: chù-sheng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh.sheng
  - Palladius: чушэн (čušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ¹/
  - Homophones:
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    畜生
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chùshengr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ˙ㄕㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chùshe̊ngr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-shêng⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: chù-shengr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh.shengl
  - Palladius: чушэнр (čušɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ʂɤ̃ɻ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chùshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chùsheng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: chù-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuhsheng
  - Palladius: чушэн (čušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    畜生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cuk¹ saang¹ / cuk¹ sang¹
  - Yale: chūk sāang / chūk sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ saang¹ / tsuk⁷ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ sang¹ / cug¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    畜牲
    畜生
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: cuh⁶ sen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuʔ⁵ sɛn²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhuk-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: cug` sang´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cug⁵ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuk̚² saŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hiug⁵ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hiʊk̚¹ saŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek-seⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thik-senn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: teksvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiok-sng
  - Tâi-lô: thiok-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tioksngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thik-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: teksvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiok-seng
  - Tâi-lô: thiok-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tioksefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiok-seng
  - Tâi-lô: hiok-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hioksefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tiog⁴ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiok seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiok̚²⁻⁴ sẽ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tshoq-saon
  - MiniDict: tshoh^入 saon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tshoq-saan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoʔ³³ sɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

畜生

domestic animal; livestock; brute
(derogatory) beast; bugger; contemptible person; brute; bastard
有些人活得真不如畜生。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Yǒuxiē rén huó de zhēn bùrú chùsheng. [Pinyin]
Some people are so contemptible.
(Buddhism) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life

Synonyms

(domestic animal):

家畜 (jiāchù)
牲口 (shēngkǒu)
牲畜 (shēngchù)
眾牲／众牲 (¹tson-san) (Wu)
精牲 (Hokkien, Teochew)
頭牲／头牲 (Hakka, Hokkien)

(beast): (Hakka) 頭牲仔／头牲仔; (Hokkien, Teochew) 精牲; (Wu) 眾牲／众牲, 豬頭三／猪头三 (zhūtóusān); (Xiang) 黃噠眼／黄哒眼, 黃色畜生／黄色畜生

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (畜生):

→ Japanese: 畜生(ちくしょう) (chikushō)
→ Korean: 축생(畜生) (chuksaeng)
→ Vietnamese: súc sinh (畜生), súc sanh (畜生)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
畜	生
ちく Grade: S	しょう Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

/tikusjau/ → /t͡ɕikusjoː/

From Middle Chinese 畜生 (MC trhjuwH sraeng, literally “livestock + livestock; sacrificial animal”), itself influenced by Sanskrit तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, “a beast; the organic world”)^[1]^[2] or Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (tiryagyoni, “animal creation”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちくしょー [chìkúshóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

Noun

畜(ちく)生(しょう) • (chikushō) ^{←ちくしやう (tikusyau)^?}

(Buddhism) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life
(derogatory, offensive) a person

Derived terms

こん畜(ちく)生(しょう) (konchikushō)

Interjection

畜(ちく)生(しょう) or 畜生(チクショー) • (chikushō)

(vulgar) an expression of strong anger or frustration: damn, dammit, fuck, shit
- 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうなな)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in [スロー](SLOW)[ステップ](STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 84:
  
  ちくしょう　だれも入(はい)って……お！あのガキァ　女(おんな)湯(ゆ)に入(はい)るのは10(じゅう)年(ねん)早(はえ)えよ
  Chikushō dare mo haitte……O! Ano gakya Onnayu ni hairu no wa jū-nen haē yo
  Damn it, no one’s here… Oh! You little brat! It’s ten years too early for you to come in the women’s bath alright?

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
畜	生

Noun

畜生

chữ Hán form of súc sinh (“animal”).

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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