蒼生

蒼生

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (蒼生)		蒼	生
simp. (苍生)		苍	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ sang¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhong-sng / chhong-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangsheng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: tsāng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangsheng
    • Palladius: цаншэн (canšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ sang¹
    • Yale: chōng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-sng
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

蒼生

1. (literary) common people

   • 可憐夜半虛前席，不問蒼生問鬼神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     可怜夜半虚前席，不问苍生问鬼神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9th century, Li Shangyin, 賈生

     Kělián yèbàn xū qián xí, bù wèn cāngshēng wèn guǐshén. [Pinyin]

     Such a pity it is that the emperor left his seat empty at midnight, yet asking not about his people but about the supernatural.

2. area where vegetation grows