生長

See also: 生长

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (生長)		生	長
simp. (生长)		生	长
anagram		長生／长生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ zoeng² / saang¹ zoeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chóng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-tióng / seng-tióng / seng-tiáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chang³
    • Yale: shēng-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjaang
    • Palladius: шэнчжан (šɛnčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ zoeng² / saang¹ zoeng²
    • Yale: sāng jéung / sāang jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ dzoeng² / saang¹ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ zêng² / sang¹ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ zong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: sng-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngdiorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-tiáng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁵³/

Verb

生長

1. to grow
2. to be born and brought up; to grow up

Related terms

• 繁殖 (fánzhí)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	長
せい Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

生(せい)長(ちょう) • (seichō) ^{←せいちやう (seityau)?}

1. growth, development

Derived terms

• 生長素(せいちょうそ) (seichōso, “auxin”)

Verb

生(せい)長(ちょう)する • (seichō suru) ^{←せいちやう (seityau)?}suru (stem 生(せい)長(ちょう)し (seichō shi), past 生(せい)長(ちょう)した (seichō shita))

1. to grow, to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生長する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	生長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	生長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	生長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	生長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	生長すれ	せいちょうすれ	seichō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	生長せよ¹ 生長しろ²	せいちょうせよ¹ せいちょうしろ²	seichō seyo¹ seichō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	生長される	せいちょうされる	seichō sareru
Causative	生長させる 生長さす	せいちょうさせる せいちょうさす	seichō saseru seichō sasu
Potential	生長できる	せいちょうできる	seichō dekiru
Volitional	生長しよう	せいちょうしよう	seichō shiyō
Negative	生長しない	せいちょうしない	seichō shinai
Negative continuative	生長せず	せいちょうせず	seichō sezu
Formal	生長します	せいちょうします	seichō shimasu
Perfective	生長した	せいちょうした	seichō shita
Conjunctive	生長して	せいちょうして	seichō shite
Hypothetical conditional	生長すれば	せいちょうすれば	seichō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative