生成

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (生成)		生	成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-sàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seⁿ-sêng / siⁿ-sêng / seng-sêng / seⁿ-chiâⁿ / siⁿ-chiâⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengchéng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: shēng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengcherng
    • Palladius: шэнчэн (šɛnčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sāng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-sàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˊ sang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ sang²
    • Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴ saŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: senn-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sveseeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviseeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengseeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-chiâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: senn-tsiânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svecviaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siã²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-chiâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-tsiânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svicviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siã²⁴/

Verb

生成

1. to form; to be formed; to come into being; to generate; to produce

   生成尿液  ―  shēngchéng niàoyè  ―  to produce urine

2. to be born with; to be gifted with

Synonyms

• (to form): 形成 (xíngchéng), (literary) 長成／长成 (zhǎngchéng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	成
せい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーせー [sèéséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

生(せい)成(せい) • (seisei) 

1. generation, formation

Verb

生(せい)成(せい)する • (seisei suru) suru (stem 生(せい)成(せい)し (seisei shi), past 生(せい)成(せい)した (seisei shita))

1. to create, to form

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生成する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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