水生

水生

Chinese

		water; river	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (水生)		水	生
anagram		生水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuǐshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeisheng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisheng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² sang¹
    • Yale: séui sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

水生

1. (attributive, biology) aquatic (living in water)

Antonyms

• 陸生／陆生 (lùshēng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	生
すい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) すいせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sɨᵝise̞ː]

Noun

水生 (hiragana すいせい, rōmaji suisei)

1. (biology) aquatic (life)

Antonyms

• 陸生 (りくせい) (rikusei): terrestrial (life)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.