胎生

Chinese

		fetus; litter	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (胎生)		胎	生
simp. #(胎生)		胎	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāishēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹ sang¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): to¹ sên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāishēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: taisheng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: tāi-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taisheng
    • Palladius: тайшэн (tajšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi¹ sang¹
    • Yale: tōi sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to¹ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thoj sraeng|sraengH

Rime
Character	胎	生	生
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II	II
Fanqie	土來切	所庚切	所敬切
Baxter	thoj	sraeng	sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌi/	/ʃˠæŋ/	/ʃˠæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəi/	/ʃᵚaŋ/	/ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒi/	/ʃaŋ/	/ʃaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəj/	/ʂaɨjŋ/	/ʂaɨjŋH/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀi/	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋH/
Wang Li	/tʰɒi/	/ʃɐŋ/	/ʃɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆i/	/ʂɐŋ/	/ʂɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāi	shēng	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi1	sang1	sang3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤə  sreŋ|sreŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː  sʰleːŋ|sreŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	胎	生	生
Reading #	1/1	1/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tāi	shēng	shēng
Middle Chinese	‹ thoj ›	‹ sræng ›	‹ srjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁə/	/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)	/*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English	fetus	bear, be born; live	bear, be born; live
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胎	生	生
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	12259	11312	11322
Phonetic component	台	生	生
Rime group	之	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	胎	生	生
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯː/	/*sʰleːŋ/	/*sreŋs/

Adjective

胎生

1. (zoology, attributive) viviparous

Antonyms

• 卵生 (luǎnshēng)
• 卵胎生 (luǎntāishēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胎	生
たい Grade: S	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

胎(たい)生(せい) • (taisei) 

1. being viviparous, viviparity

Korean

Hanja in this term
胎	生

Noun

胎生 • (taesaeng) (hangeul 태생)

1. Hanja form^? of 태생 (“birth; viviparity”).