畜生

Chinese

		to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal	(牲) domestic animal
simp. and trad. (畜生)		畜	生
alternative forms		畜牲

Etymology

First attested in Han Feizi (circa 2nd century BC). The expletive sense was attested in the Book of Sui (7th century AD). Influenced, through Buddhism, by Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (tiryagyoni, “animal creation”) and Pali tiracchānayoni (“the realm of the brute creation”) during the Six Dynasties times, as this word was used as a translation of the Sanskrit and Pali terms. Compare 牲畜 (shēngchù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chùsheng, chùshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ ˙ㄕㄥ, ㄔㄨˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ saang¹ / cuk¹ sang¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): cuh⁶ sen
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhuk-sâng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hiug⁵ sang¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thek-seⁿ / thiok-sng / thek-siⁿ / thiok-seng / hiok-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiog⁴ sên¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tshoq-saon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chùsheng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ˙ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chùshe̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-shêng⁵
    • Yale: chù-sheng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh.sheng
    • Palladius: чушэн (čušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chùshengr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ˙ㄕㄥㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chùshe̊ngr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-shêng⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: chù-shengr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh.shengl
    • Palladius: чушэнр (čušɛnr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ʂɤ̃ɻ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chùshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chùsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: chù-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuhsheng
    • Palladius: чушэн (čušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ saang¹ / cuk¹ sang¹
    • Yale: chūk sāang / chūk sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ saang¹ / tsuk⁷ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ sang¹ / cug¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: cuh⁶ sen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuʔ⁵ sɛn²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhuk-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cug^ˋ sang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cug⁵ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuk̚² saŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiug⁵ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hiʊk̚¹ saŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thik-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teksvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiok-sng
    • Tâi-lô: thiok-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tioksngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thik-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teksvy
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiok-seng
    • Tâi-lô: thiok-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tioksefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiok-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hiok-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioksefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiog⁴ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiok seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiok̚²⁻⁴ sẽ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tshoq-saon
    • MiniDict: tshoh^入 saon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tshoq-saan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoʔ³³ sɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

畜生

1. domestic animal; livestock; brute
2. (derogatory) beast; bugger; contemptible person; brute; bastard

   有些人活得真不如畜生。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Yǒuxiē rén huó de zhēn bùrú chùsheng. [Pinyin]

   Some people are so contemptible.

3. (Buddhism) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life

Synonyms

• (domestic animal):

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• 家畜 (jiāchù)
• 牲口 (shēngkǒu)
• 牲畜 (shēngchù)
• 眾牲／众牲 (¹tson-san) (Wu)
• 精牲 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 頭牲／头牲 (Hakka, Hokkien)

 

• (beast): (Hakka) 頭牲仔／头牲仔; (Hokkien, Teochew) 精牲; (Wu) 眾牲／众牲, 豬頭三／猪头三 (zhūtóusān); (Xiang) 黃噠眼／黄哒眼, 黃色畜生／黄色畜生

Derived terms

• 扁毛畜生
• 老畜生

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (畜生):

• → Japanese: 畜生(ちくしょう) (chikushō)
• → Korean: 축생(畜生) (chuksaeng)
• → Vietnamese: súc sinh (畜生), súc sanh (畜生)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
畜	生
ちく Grade: S	しょう Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

/tikusjau/ → /t͡ɕikusjoː/

From Middle Chinese 畜生 (MC trhjuwH sraeng, literally “livestock + livestock; sacrificial animal”), itself influenced by Sanskrit तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, “a beast; the organic world”) or Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (tiryagyoni, “animal creation”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちくしょー [chìkúshóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

Noun

畜(ちく)生(しょう) • (chikushō) ^{←ちくしやう (tikusyau)?}

1. (Buddhism) a beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life
2. (derogatory, offensive) a person

Derived terms

• こん畜(ちく)生(しょう) (konchikushō)

Interjection

畜(ちく)生(しょう) or 畜生(チクショー) • (chikushō) 

1. (vulgar) an expression of strong anger or frustration: damn, dammit, fuck, shit
   • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうなな)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in [スロー](SLOW)[ステップ](STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 84:

     ちくしょう　だれも入(はい)って……お！あのガキァ　女(おんな)湯(ゆ)に入(はい)るのは10(じゅう)年(ねん)早(はえ)えよ

     Chikushō dare mo haitte……O! Ano gakya Onnayu ni hairu no wa jū-nen haē yo

     Damn it, no one’s here… Oh! You little brat! It’s ten years too early for you to come in the women’s bath alright?

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
畜	生

Noun

畜生

1. chữ Hán form of súc sinh (“animal”).