生擒

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	capture
trad. (生擒)		生	擒
simp. #(生擒)		生	擒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ kam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengcín
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻin²
    • Yale: shēng-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchyn
    • Palladius: шэнцинь (šɛncinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ kam⁴
    • Yale: sāang kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ kem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sraeng|sraengH gim

Rime
Character	生	生	擒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	III
Fanqie	所庚切	所敬切	巨金切
Baxter	sraeng	sraengH	gim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠæŋ/	/ʃˠæŋH/	/ɡˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaŋ/	/ʃᵚaŋH/	/ɡᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaŋ/	/ʃaŋH/	/ɡiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjŋ/	/ʂaɨjŋH/	/gjim/
Li Rong	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋH/	/ɡjəm/
Wang Li	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋH/	/ɡĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂɐŋ/	/ʂɐŋH/	/gi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng	shèng	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang1	sang3	kam4

Verb

生擒

1. (literary) to capture alive

Synonyms

• 活捉 (huózhuō)
• 生得 (shēngdé) (literary)
• 生獲／生获 (shēnghuò) (formal)

 

Derived terms

• 生擒活捉 (shēngqín huózhuō)