生意

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (生意)		生	意

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngyi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ˙ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ ji³
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕng-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-ì / sng-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-i⁵
    • Yale: shēng-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng.i
    • Palladius: шэнъи (šɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ ji³
    • Yale: sāang yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-é
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋɛi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-ì
    • Tâi-lô: sing-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seng'ix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-ì
    • Tâi-lô: sng-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sng'ix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ i⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 生意

1. business; trade (Classifier: 筆／笔; 樁／桩 m; 單／单 m c)

   做生意  ―  zuò shēngyi  ―  to do business

   我們的那筆做生意的錢還沒有著落。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们的那笔做生意的钱还没有着落。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen de nà bǐ zuò shēngyì de qián hái méiyǒu zhuóluò. [Pinyin]

   We still haven't secured the business fund.

   呢排生意真係好好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢排生意真系好好。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ paai⁴ saang¹ ji³ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² hou². [Jyutping]

   Business has been booming lately.

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 交易 (jiāoyì)
• 商務／商务 (shāngwù)
• 商業／商业 (shāngyè)
• 業務／业务 (yèwù)
• 生理 (shēnglǐ) (literary or Hakka, Min)
• 買賣／买卖 (mǎimài)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ji³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengyì
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-i⁴
    • Yale: shēng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengyih
    • Palladius: шэнъи (šɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ ji³
    • Yale: sāng yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 生意

1. vitality

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 朝氣／朝气 (zhāoqì)
• 活力 (huólì)
• 活氣／活气 (huóqì)
• 生命力 (shēngmìnglì)
• 生機／生机 (shēngjī)
• 生氣／生气 (shēngqì)

 

Derived terms

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