精牲

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	domestic animal
trad. (精牲)		精	牲
simp. #(精牲)		精	牲
alternative forms		牲牲 牲生 畜生

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-siⁿ / cheng-seⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ sên¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tong'an, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡siɪŋ³³ sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡seŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Tong'an, Kinmen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Tainan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡seŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan, Tainan): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

Noun

精牲

1. (Southern Min) domestic animal
2. (Southern Min, derogatory) beast; brute

Synonyms

• (domestic animal):

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

 

• (brute): 畜生 (chùsheng); (Hakka) 頭牲仔／头牲仔; (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

References

• “Entry #10752”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.