初生

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (初生)		初	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chusheng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: chū-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chusheng
  - Palladius: чушэн (čušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    出生
    出聲 / 出声
    初升
    初生
    初聲 / 初声
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ sang¹
  - Yale: chō sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

初生

(literary) to be just born; to be newborn
(literary) to begin to develop

Derived terms

初生之犢 / 初生之犊 (chūshēngzhīdú)
初生態 / 初生态
初生犢 / 初生犊

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょせー [shòséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞se̞ː]

Noun

初(しょ)生(せい) • (shosei)

firstling, firstborn offspring, newborn

Synonyms

初(うい)子(ご) (uigo)
初(はつ)子(ご) (hatsugo)

See also

Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/初生

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN