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生人

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Chinese

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to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(生人)
alternative forms 生儂生侬 Min
anagram 人生

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chheⁿ-lâng/chhiⁿ-lâng - stranger;
  • seⁿ-lâng/siⁿ-lâng - living person.

    Verb

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    生人

    1. (of a person) to be born

    Synonyms

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    • 出世 (chūshì) (literary or dialectal)
    • 出生 (chūshēng)
    • 落地 (figurative)
    • 誕生 / 诞生 (dànshēng) (of a person)
    • 降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)
    • 降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)

    Noun

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    生人

    1. stranger
    2. (literary) living person

    Synonyms

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    • (stranger):

    Derived terms

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    References

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    • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “生人”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 130
    • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “生人”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 667
    • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “生人”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 72.
    • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.