天生

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (天生)		天	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ saang¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-seng / thian-sng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ sên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansheng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: tyān-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiansheng
    • Palladius: тяньшэн (tjanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ saang¹
    • Yale: tīn sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-seng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tin¹ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

Adjective

天生

1. innate; inborn; inherent; natural; intrinsic
   • 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")

     天生麗質難自棄／天生丽质难自弃  ―  Tiānshēng lìzhì nán zìqì  ―  Her natural beauty and lovely comportment were difficult to ignore

   天生沒有四肢／天生没有四肢  ―  tiānshēng méiyǒu sìzhī  ―  born without limbs

Synonyms

• 先天 (xiāntiān)