生理

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (生理)		生	理
Literally: “laws of life”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sang¹ lei⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sang¹ lei⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-lî
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕng-lī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seng-lí / sng-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-li³
    • Yale: shēng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenglii
    • Palladius: шэнли (šɛnli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: sāng léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sang¹ lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ³³ lei²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(l-)nˡi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sing-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senglie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sng-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: snglie
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang): /sŋ̍³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng¹ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 生理

1. physiology; normal functioning of living organisms and their parts

   生理需要  ―  shēnglǐ xūyào  ―  biological need

2. (literary) ways to maintain good health
3. (literary) science of growth and propagation (of plants)
4. (literary) rules of conduct
5. (literary) hope of surviving
6. (literary) life; living; livelihood
7. (literary) work; job; profession
8. (literary or Hakka, Min) business; trade; buying and selling

   • 阮阿舅佮阿妗咧做生理 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     goán a-kū kah a-kīm teh chò seng-lí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Our maternal uncle and maternal aunt are doing business

9. (literary) property; wealth

Synonyms

• (business):

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• 交易 (jiāoyì)
• 商務／商务 (shāngwù)
• 商業／商业 (shāngyè)
• 業務／业务 (yèwù)
• 生意
• 買賣／买卖 (mǎimài)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	理
せい Grade: 1	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

生(せい)理(り) • (seiri) 

1. Short for 生理学 (seirigaku, “physiology”).
2. Synonym of 月経 (gekkei, “menstruation”); period

   前(まえ)の生(せい)理(り)はいつでしたか

   Mae no seiri wa itsu deshita ka

   When was your last period?

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Korean

Hanja in this term
生	理

Noun

生理 • (saengni) (hangeul 생리)

1. hanja form^? of 생리 (“physiology”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	理

Noun

生理

1. chữ Hán form of sinh lí (“physiology”).