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-sng / hòng-seng / pàng-sng / pàng-seⁿ / pàng-siⁿ

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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:

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      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: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsvy
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

放生

1. to free captive animals
2. (Buddhism) to buy captive fish or birds to set them free (of Buddhists)