放生

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (放生)		放	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ saang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòng-seng / hòng-sng / pàng-sng / pàng-seⁿ / pàng-siⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵faon-san₁; ⁵faon ¹san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: fàng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsheng
    • Palladius: фаншэн (fanšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 放生 放聲 / 放声

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ saang¹
    • Yale: fong sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngsefng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngsngf
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsngf
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsvef
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsvy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵faon-san₁; ⁵faon ¹san
    • MiniDict: faon^去 san^平; faon^去 san^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²faan-san₁; ²faan ¹san
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɑ̃³³ sã⁴⁴/, /fɑ̃⁴⁴  sã⁵³/

Verb

放生

1. to free captive animals
   • Implementing Regulations on Protection of Aquatic Wildlife of the People's Republic of China, Article 9, Paragraph 2:

     捕撈作業時誤捕水生野生動物的，應當立即無條件放生。 [MSC, trad.]
     捕捞作业时误捕水生野生动物的，应当立即无条件放生。 [MSC, simp.]

     Bǔlāo zuòyè shí wù bǔ shuǐshēng yěshēng dòngwù de, yìngdāng lìjí wútiáojiàn fàngshēng. [Pinyin]

     [A person] who accidentally catches aquatic wildlife must unconditionally free such wildlife.

   1. (Buddhism) to buy captive fish or birds to set them free (of Buddhists)
2. (by extension) to spare somebody

Derived terms

• 放生池 (fàngshēngchí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (放生):

• → Japanese: 放生(ほうじょう) (hōjō)
• → Korean: 방생(放生) (bangsaeng)
• → Vietnamese: phóng sinh (放生)

Korean

Hanja in this term
放	生

Noun

放生 • (bangsaeng) (hangeul 방생)

1. hanja form^? of 방생 (“freeing captive animals, etc.”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
放	生

Noun

放生

1. (Buddhism) chữ Hán form of phóng sinh (“to release captive animals into the wild”)