生長

生長

See also: 生长

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (生長)		生	長
simp. (生长)		生	长
anagram		長生／长生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ zoeng², saang¹ zoeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chóng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sng-tióng / seng-tióng / seng-tiáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ ziang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chang³
    • Yale: shēng-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjaang
    • Palladius: шэнчжан (šɛnčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ zoeng², saang¹ zoeng²
    • Yale: sāng jéung, sāang jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ dzoeng², saang¹ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ zêng², sang¹ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ zong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: sng-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngdiorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiorng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-tiáng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên¹ ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ tsiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Verb

生長

1. (of an organism) to grow
2. to be born and brought up; to grow up

Synonyms

• (to grow): 滋長／滋长 (zīzhǎng)

Derived terms

生長因子／生长因子 (shēngzhǎng yīnzǐ) 生長期／生长期 (shēngzhǎngqī) 生長板／生长板 (shēngzhǎngbǎn) 生長激素／生长激素 (shēngzhǎng jīsù)

生長素／生长素 (shēngzhǎngsù) 生長輪／生长轮 生長點／生长点

Related terms

• 繁殖 (fánzhí)
• 培育 (péiyù)
• 養殖／养殖 (yǎngzhí)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	長
せい Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) せーちょー [sèéchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

生(せい)長(ちょう) • (seichō) ^{←せいちやう (seityau)?}

1. growth, development

Derived terms

• 生長素(せいちょうそ) (seichōso, “auxin”)

Verb

生(せい)長(ちょう)する • (seichō suru) ^{←せいちやう (seityau)?} suru (stem 生(せい)長(ちょう)し (seichō shi), past 生(せい)長(ちょう)した (seichō shita))

1. to grow, to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生長する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	生長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Continuative (連用形)	生長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Terminal (終止形)	生長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Attributive (連体形)	生長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	生長すれ	せいちょうすれ	seichō sure
Imperative (命令形)	生長せよ¹ 生長しろ²	せいちょうせよ¹ せいちょうしろ²	seichō seyo¹ seichō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	生長される	せいちょうされる	seichō sareru
Causative	生長させる 生長さす	せいちょうさせる せいちょうさす	seichō saseru seichō sasu
Potential	生長できる	せいちょうできる	seichō dekiru
Volitional	生長しよう	せいちょうしよう	seichō shiyō
Negative	生長しない	せいちょうしない	seichō shinai
Negative continuative	生長せず	せいちょうせず	seichō sezu
Formal	生長します	せいちょうします	seichō shimasu
Perfective	生長した	せいちょうした	seichō shita
Conjunctive	生長して	せいちょうして	seichō shite
Hypothetical conditional	生長すれば	せいちょうすれば	seichō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
生	長

Noun

生長 • (saengjang) (hangeul 생장)

1. Hanja form^? of 생장 (“growth; development”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
生	長

Verb

生長

1. chữ Hán form of sinh trưởng (“to grow”).