生鉎

生鉎

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (生鉎)		生	鉎
simp. (生𰽫)		生	𰽫
alternative forms		生鍟／生𰾝 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): saang¹ seng³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sang¹ lhiang¹

• Min Dong (BUC): săng-*cĭng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-sian / siⁿ-san / seⁿ-sian / seⁿ-san

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ sang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ seng³
    • Yale: sāang seng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ seng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ séng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ sɛːŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sang¹ lhiang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ³³ ɬiaŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-*cĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-sian
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svisiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-san
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svisafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ɕĩ³³ san³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-sian
    • Tâi-lô: senn-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svesiefn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-san
    • Tâi-lô: senn-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svesafn
    • IPA (Singapore): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên¹ sang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ sang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ saŋ³³/

Verb

生⫽鉎 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Zhao'an Hakka, Min Dong, Min Nan) to rust; to get rusty; to corrode; to oxidise

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 生鏽 (“to rust; to get rusty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鏽
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生鏽
Mandarin	Beijing	長鏽
	Taiwan	生鏽
	Jinan	長鉎鏉, 鉎鏉
	Luoyang	鏽
	Wanrong	鏽
	Xi'an	鏽, 生業 intense
	Yangzhou	鏽
	Singapore	生鏽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生鏽, 生鉎
	Hong Kong	生鏽
Gan	Nanchang	生鏽, 鏽
Hakka	Meixian	生黸, 生黸哥
	Yudu	生黸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生黸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生黸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生黸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	生黸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	生黸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	生鉎
Huizhou	Jixi	上鏽
Min Dong	Fuzhou	生鉎
Min Nan	Xiamen	生鉎
	Quanzhou	生鉎
	Zhangzhou	生鉎
	Tainan	生鉎 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生鉎
	Shantou	生鉎
	Jieyang	生鉎
	Haikou	食鉎, 生鉎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	起鉎, 生鉎
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	鏽
	Jinhua	上鏽, 上鐵鏽
Xiang	Changsha	生黸, 黸
	Loudi	起黸, 黸
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Noun

生鉎

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) accumulated dirt (on someone's skin)