夾生

Chinese

		hold between; clip; lined hold between; clip; lined; narrow lane; folder; to press from both sides; to place in between	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (夾生)		夾	生
simp. (夹生)		夹	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāshēng, jiáshēng, jiàsheng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄥ, ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄕㄥ, ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ saang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiap-chhiⁿ / kiap-chheⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷kaq-san
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jia⁶ sen¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiasheng
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: jyā-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasheng
    • Palladius: цзяшэн (czjašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiáshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiásheng
    • Wade–Giles: chia²-shêng¹
    • Yale: jyá-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyasheng
    • Palladius: цзяшэн (czjašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàsheng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàshe̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴-shêng⁵
    • Yale: jyà-sheng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah.sheng
    • Palladius: цзяшэн (czjašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³ saang¹
    • Yale: gaap sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiap-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiapchvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiap-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiapzhvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷kaq-san
    • MiniDict: kah^入 san
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kaq-san
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kaʔ³³ sã⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jia⁶ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠²⁴ sən³³/

Adjective

夾生

1. (of food) half-cooked
2. (of a job) not well done
3. not quite assimilated

Synonyms

• (half-cooked): 半生不熟 (bànshēngbùshú); (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien) 半生熟; (Hokkien) 半頭生／半头生, 半生拉熟, 咬生菇, 生膏爛／生膏烂