修生

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (修生)		修	生
simp. #(修生)		修	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siousheng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: syōu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiousheng
    • Palladius: сюшэн (sjušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ sang¹
    • Yale: sāu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-seng
    • Tâi-lô: siu-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

修生

1. (Catholicism) seminarian

Related terms

• 修院 (xiūyuàn)