收生

收生

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (收生)		收	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ saang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shōushēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shousheng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ saang¹
    • Yale: sāu sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ sang¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ säːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

收生

1. (dated) to deliver a newborn child; to practice midwifery

Synonyms

• 接生 (jiēshēng)
• 助產／助产 (zhùchǎn)
• (Min Nan) 抾囝, 抾囡仔

Derived terms

收生婆 (shōushēngpó)