聊生

聊生

Chinese

		to chat; to have a chat; to kill time	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (聊生)		聊	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáoshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liausheng
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: lìuh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

聊生

1. (literary, chiefly in the negative) to (be able to) keep a living

Derived terms

人不聊生 民不聊生

苦不聊生