打生樁

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	item; stump; stake item; stump; stake; pile
trad. (打生樁)		打	生	樁
simp. (打生桩)		打	生	桩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎshēngzhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄥ ㄓㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² saang¹ zong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎshēngzhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄥ ㄓㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎshengjhuang
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-shêng¹-chuang¹
    • Yale: dǎ-shēng-jwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashengjuang
    • Palladius: дашэнчжуан (dašɛnčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² saang¹ zong¹
    • Yale: dá sāang jōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² saang¹ dzong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² sang¹ zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

打生樁

1. to bury someone alive under a pile during constructions, which was believed to be able to calm disturbed ghosts and thus prevent accidents during construction