生息

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (生息)		生	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngxī, shēngxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ, ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ sik¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seng-sek / sng-siak / seng-sit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: shēng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshi
    • Palladius: шэнси (šɛnsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsí
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hsi²
    • Yale: shēng-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshyi
    • Palladius: шэнси (šɛnsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sang¹ sik¹
    • Yale: sāng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 生息 生色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-sek
    • Tâi-lô: sing-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-siak
    • Tâi-lô: sng-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-sit
    • Tâi-lô: sing-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên¹ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/

Verb

生息

1. to inhabit; to live in (a habitat)
2. to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply
3. (finance) to bear interest

   生息資本／生息资本  ―  shēngxī zīběn  ―  interest-bearing capital

Synonyms

• (to inhabit):

• 在世 (zàishì)
• 在生 (zàishēng)
• 存活 (cúnhuó)
• 活著／活着 (huózhe)
• 生存 (shēngcún)

 

• (to breed):

• 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 增生 (zēngshēng)
• 滋生 (zīshēng)
• 生殖 (shēngzhí)
• 繁殖 (fánzhí)
• 繁育 (fányù)
• 繁衍 (fányǎn)

 

Derived terms

• 休養生息／休养生息 (xiūyǎngshēngxī)
• 生息蕃庶
• 調養生息／调养生息

 

Related terms

• 繁衍 (fányǎn)
• 衍生 (yǎnshēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	息
せい Grade: 1	そく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
棲息

Etymology

生 is a daiyōji replacing 棲.

Noun

生(せい)息(そく) • (seisoku) 

1. habitation

Verb

生(せい)息(そく)する • (seisoku suru) suru (stem 生(せい)息(そく)し (seisoku shi), past 生(せい)息(そく)した (seisoku shita))

1. to inhabit, to live in (a habitat)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生息する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	生息し	せいそくし	seisoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	生息し	せいそくし	seisoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	生息する	せいそくする	seisoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	生息する	せいそくする	seisoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	生息すれ	せいそくすれ	seisoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	生息せよ¹ 生息しろ²	せいそくせよ¹ せいそくしろ²	seisoku seyo¹ seisoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	生息される	せいそくされる	seisoku sareru
Causative	生息させる 生息さす	せいそくさせる せいそくさす	seisoku saseru seisoku sasu
Potential	生息できる	せいそくできる	seisoku dekiru
Volitional	生息しよう	せいそくしよう	seisoku shiyō
Negative	生息しない	せいそくしない	seisoku shinai
Negative continuative	生息せず	せいそくせず	seisoku sezu
Formal	生息します	せいそくします	seisoku shimasu
Perfective	生息した	せいそくした	seisoku shita
Conjunctive	生息して	せいそくして	seisoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	生息すれば	せいそくすれば	seisoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative