野生

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (野生)		野	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ saang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâ-sâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iá-sng / iá-seng / iá-seⁿ / iá-siⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ia² sên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěsheng
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-shêng¹
    • Yale: yě-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeesheng
    • Palladius: ешэн (ješɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ saang¹
    • Yale: yéh sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia^ˊ sang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia^ˊ sang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-sng
    • Tâi-lô: iá-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsngf
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-seng
    • Tâi-lô: iá-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsefng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iá-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsvef
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iá-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsvy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ia² sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iá seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵²⁻³⁵ sẽ³³/

Adjective

野生

1. (attributive) wild; undomesticated (of an animal)
2. (neologism, figurative, of a celebrity) real; in the flesh

   捕獲野生發哥 [Cantonese, trad.]
   捕获野生发哥 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bou⁶ wok⁶ je⁵ saang¹ faat³ go¹ [Jyutping]

   to bump into Chow Yun-fat in the flesh

Derived terms

• 野生動物 / 野生动物 (yěshēng dòngwù)

Related terms

• 大自然 (dàzìrán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	生
や Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やせー [yàséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠se̞ː]

Noun

野(や)生(せい) • (yasei) 

1. being or growing wild

   野生(やせい)の狐(きつね) ― yasei no kitsune ― a wild fox

Verb

野(や)生(せい)する • (yasei suru) suru (stem 野(や)生(せい)し (yasei shi), past 野(や)生(せい)した (yasei shita))

1. be or grow wild

Conjugation

Conjugation of "野生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	野生し	やせいし	yasei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	野生し	やせいし	yasei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	野生する	やせいする	yasei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	野生する	やせいする	yasei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	野生すれ	やせいすれ	yasei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	野生せよ¹ 野生しろ²	やせいせよ¹ やせいしろ²	yasei seyo¹ yasei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	野生される	やせいされる	yasei sareru
Causative	野生させる 野生さす	やせいさせる やせいさす	yasei saseru yasei sasu
Potential	野生できる	やせいできる	yasei dekiru
Volitional	野生しよう	やせいしよう	yasei shiyō
Negative	野生しない	やせいしない	yasei shinai
Negative continuative	野生せず	やせいせず	yasei sezu
Formal	野生します	やせいします	yasei shimasu
Perfective	野生した	やせいした	yasei shita
Conjunctive	野生して	やせいして	yasei shite
Hypothetical conditional	野生すれば	やせいすれば	yasei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “野生”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026