私生子

Chinese

		to give birth to a child out of wedlock; born out of wedlock; illegitimate	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (私生子)		私生	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīshēngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄕㄥ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sang¹ zi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-sên-chṳ́

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si¹ sên¹ zi³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su-seng-chú / sir-sng-chír / sir-seng-chír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se¹ sên¹ ze²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-san-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīshēngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄕㄥ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihshengzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-shêng¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: sz̄-shēng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshengtzyy
    • Palladius: сышэнцзы (syšɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sang¹ zi²
    • Yale: sī sāng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sang¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ seng¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-sên-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´ sen´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ sen¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si¹ sên¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴ sɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-seng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: su-sing-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susengzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: sir-sng-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ sŋ̍³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-seng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: sir-sing-tsír
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se¹ sên¹ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ seⁿ tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-san-tsy
    • MiniDict: sy^平 san tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-san-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ sã³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

私生子

1. illegitimate child (usually a boy); bastard child; child born out of wedlock; love child

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 私生子 (“illegitimate child”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		非婚生子女
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	私生子
	Langfang	私生子
	Harbin	私孩子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	野孩子
	Tangshan	私家孩子
	Cangzhou	私孩子
	Baoding	私生子
	Shijiazhuang	私孩子
	Jinan	私孩子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	浪生子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	私娃子
	Daming	私孩子
	Wanrong	私娃
	Xi'an	私娃子
	Xuzhou	私房孩子, 私孩子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	私娃子
	Lanzhou	私娃子
	Ürümqi	私生子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	私娃子, 私娃娃, 私娃兒
	Wuhan	私伢
	Guiyang	私娃兒, 私生子
	Liuzhou	野崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	私生子
	Yangzhou	私胞子, 偷胞子
	Nantong	私伢兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	野仔
	Hong Kong	私生子, 野仔
	Dongguan	野仔
Gan	Nanchang	私伢子
	Lichuan	私生崽, 私伢崽
	Pingxiang	野崽
Hakka	Meixian	私生子, 偷生子
	Yudu	野人子, 偷人子, 夥計子, 眾家子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	私生子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	私生子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	私生子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	私生子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	私生子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	私生子
Jin	Taiyuan	私娃娃
	Xinzhou	非子
	Zhangjiakou	私孩子
	Handan	私孩子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	野毛頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	私生子
Southern Min	Xiamen	偷生的, 契兄囝
	Quanzhou	偷生的, 契兄囝
	Yongchun	契兄囝
	Zhangzhou	偷生的, 偷生囝
	Kaohsiung	偷生囝
	Yilan	私生子
	Changhua (Lukang)	雜種仔囝
	Taichung	私生子
	Taichung (Wuqi)	私生子
	Tainan	偷生的, 偷生囝, 雜種仔囝
	Taitung	雜種仔
	Hsinchu	細姨仔囝
	Penghu (Magong)	偷生個
	Jieyang	私生囝
	Leizhou	契家婆仔
	Haikou	野囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	野崽
Wu	Shanghai	私囡, 私生子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	私囡
	Suzhou	私囡兒
	Danyang	私生子
	Hangzhou	私伢兒, 逃生子
	Ningbo	偷生爿
	Wenzhou	烏龜兒
	Jinhua	私兒, 私生子
Xiang	Changsha	野崽子
	Loudi	私崽子, 野崽子

Coordinate terms

• 私生女

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (私生子):

• → Japanese: 私生子(しせいし) (shiseishi)

See also

• 私生兒／私生儿 (sīshēng'ér)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	生	子
し Grade: 6	せい Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

私(し)生(せい)子(し) • (shiseishi) 

1. bastard (person born to unmarried parents)