大生

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (大生)		大	生

Etymology

Shortened from 大學生／大学生 (dàxuéshēng) or 大一生 (dàyīshēng), etc.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄥ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-seⁿ / tōa-siⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsheng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: dà-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsheng
    • Palladius: дашэн (dašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-seⁿ / tōa-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-senn / tuā-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsvef, doaxsvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tua²²⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² sẽ³³/, /tua⁴¹⁻²² sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ sɛ̃⁴⁴/, /tua²²⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tua³³⁻¹¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tua³³⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

大生

1. Short for 大學生／大学生 (dàxuéshēng, “university student”).