私生

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (私生)		私	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihsheng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: sz̄-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sysheng
    • Palladius: сышэн (syšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ sang¹
    • Yale: sī sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 師生／师生 私生

Verb

私生

1. to give birth to a child out of wedlock

   • ……又要為大腕情夫私生第三胎 [MSC, trad.]
     ……又要为大腕情夫私生第三胎 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013, 《中國密報》第12期: 薄熙來不死毛左有戲

     ...... yòu yào wèi dàwàn qíngfū sīshēng dìsāntāi [Pinyin]

     ... will give birth again, to the third child with her celebrity lover

Adjective

私生

1. (of a child) born out of wedlock; illegitimate

   • 從前我可以不怪您，那您現在私生的孫子橫空出世，還被您大肆宣揚，究竟又是怎麼一回事？！ [MSC, trad.]
     从前我可以不怪您，那您现在私生的孙子横空出世，还被您大肆宣扬，究竟又是怎么一回事？！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, Duanmu Chuchu (端木初初), 《先婚后爱，总裁的禁忌之恋（下）》

     Cóngqián wǒ kěyǐ bù guài nín, nà nín xiànzài sīshēng de sūnzi héngkōngchūshì, hái bèi nín dàsì xuānyáng, jiūjìng yòu shì zěnme yīhuíshì?! [Pinyin]

     I can forgive you for the things in the past, but now your illegitimate grandson was born, and you are making this news well-known - what is going on?!

Derived terms

• 私生女
• 私生子 (sīshēngzǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (私生):

• → Japanese: 私(し)生(せい) (shisei)
• → Korean: 사생(私生) (sasaeng)
• → Vietnamese: tư sinh (私生)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	生
し Grade: 6	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しせー [shìséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕise̞ː]

Noun

私(し)生(せい) • (shisei) 

1. illegitimacy (being born out of wedlock)

Derived terms

• 私(し)生(せい)子(し) (shiseishi)
• 私(し)生(せい)児(じ) (shiseiji)

Korean

Hanja in this term
私	生

Noun

私生 • (sasaeng) (hangeul 사생)

1. Hanja form^? of 사생 (“illegitimacy”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
私	生

Adjective

私生

1. chữ Hán form of tư sinh (“illegitimate”).