生鮮

生鮮

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	few; rare; fresh
trad. (生鮮)		生	鮮
simp. (生鲜)		生	鲜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ sin¹
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ cin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsian
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: shēng-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshian
    • Palladius: шэнсянь (šɛnsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ sin¹
    • Yale: sāang sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ cin¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ tshiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰĩ³³/

Noun

生鮮

1. fresh fish, fruits and vegetables

Adjective

生鮮

1. (Taishanese, of food) fresh

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 新鮮 (“fresh (food)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		新鮮
Mandarin	Beijing	新鮮
	Taiwan	新鮮
	Luoyang	新鮮
	Wanrong	新鮮
	Wuhan	新新
	Guiyang	新鮮
	Guilin	新鮮
	Malaysia	新鮮
	Singapore	新鮮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	新鮮
	Hong Kong	新鮮
	Taishan	生鮮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	新鮮
	Penang (Guangfu)	新鮮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	新鮮
Gan	Pingxiang	新新, 新鮮
Hakka	Meixian	新鮮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	萋, 新鮮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	萋, 新鮮
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	萋, 新鮮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	萋, 新鮮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	萋, 新鮮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	萋
Min Nan	Xiamen	鮮, 鮮尺
	Quanzhou	鮮, 鮮尺, 鮮臊
	Jinjiang	鮮尺
	Zhangzhou	鮮, 鮮尺, 鮮臊
	Zhao'an	鮮
	Dongshan	鮮
	Tainan	鮮, 鮮尺
	Penang (Hokkien)	鮮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鮮, 鮮尺
	Manila (Hokkien)	鮮尺
	Chaozhou	鮮, 新鮮
	Shantou	鮮
	Singapore (Teochew)	鮮
	Wenchang	新鮮
	Haikou	生鮮
	Qionghai	新鮮
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	新鮮
	Suzhou	新鮮, 鮮鮮 dated
Xiang	Loudi	新新

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	鮮
せい Grade: 1	せん Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjective

生(せい)鮮(せん) • (seisen) -na (adnominal 生(せい)鮮(せん)な (seisen na), adverbial 生(せい)鮮(せん)に (seisen ni))

1. fresh (food)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
生	鮮

Noun

生鮮 • (saengseon) (hangeul 생선)

1. Hanja form^? of 생선 (“fish (as food)”).