生肖

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to resemble; to be like
trad. (生肖)		生	肖
simp. #(生肖)		生	肖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngxiào, shēngxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ciu³ / saang¹ ciu³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-seu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-siàu / sng-siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsiào
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: shēng-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiaw
    • Palladius: шэнсяо (šɛnsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsiao
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hsiao¹
    • Yale: shēng-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiau
    • Palladius: шэнсяо (šɛnsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ ciu³ / saang¹ ciu³
    • Yale: sāng chiu / sāang chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ tsiu³ / saang¹ tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ qiu³ / sang¹ qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sang´ seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ seu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: sing-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: sng-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngsiaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ siau⁴¹/

Noun

生肖

1. Chinese zodiac sign (one of the twelve animals symbolising the Twelve Branches used to designate years)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 生肖 (“Chinese zodiac sign”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生肖
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	屬相
	Taiwan	生肖
	Harbin	屬相
	Singapore	生肖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屬相兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	屬相
Cantonese	Hong Kong	生肖
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生肖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	生肖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生肖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	生肖
Southern Min	Xiamen	生相
	Quanzhou	生相
	Zhangzhou	生相
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	生相
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	生相
	Kaohsiung	生相
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	生相
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	生相
	Yilan (Toucheng)	生相
	Tainan	生相
	Tainan (Anping)	生相
	Penghu (Xiyu)	生相
	Penang (Hokkien)	生相
	Singapore (Hokkien)	生相
	Manila (Hokkien)	生相
	Leizhou	生相
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	生肖
	Danyang	肖屬
	Jinhua	生肖

Derived terms

• 十二生肖 (shí'èr shēngxiào)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	肖

Noun

生肖 • (saengcho) (hangeul 생초)

1. Hanja form^? of 생초 (“Chinese zodiac”).