原生

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (原生)		原	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsheng
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-shêng¹
    • Yale: ywán-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuansheng
    • Palladius: юаньшэн (juanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: yùhn sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

原生

1. (attributive) primordial

Derived terms

• 原生代 (Yuánshēngdài)
• 原生動物 / 原生动物 (yuánshēng dòngwù)
• 原生林 (yuánshēnglín)
• 原生植物
• 原生海岸
• 原生生物 (yuánshēng shēngwù)
• 原生礦物 / 原生矿物
• 原生質 / 原生质 (yuánshēngzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	生
げん Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

原(げん)生(せい) • (gensei) 

1. pristine; primeval; virgin (not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
原	生

Adjective

原生

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên sinh (“primordial”)