放生

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (放生)		放	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ saang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòng-sng / hòng-seng / pàng-sng / pàng-seⁿ / pàng-siⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsheng
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: fàng-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsheng
  - Palladius: фаншэн (fanšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    放生
    放聲 / 放声
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong³ saang¹
  - Yale: fong sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong³ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-sng
  - Tâi-lô: hòng-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: horngsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: hòng-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: horngsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-sng
  - Tâi-lô: pàng-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: parngsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-seⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pàng-senn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: parngsvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pàng-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: parngsvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

放生

to free captive animals
- Implementing Regulations on Protection of Aquatic Wildlife of the People's Republic of China, Article 9, Paragraph 2:
  捕撈作業時誤捕水生野生動物的，應當立即無條件放生。 [MSC, trad.]
  捕捞作业时误捕水生野生动物的，应当立即无条件放生。 [MSC, simp.]
  Bǔlāo zuòyè shí wù bǔ shuǐshēng yěshēng dòngwù de, yìngdāng lìjí wútiáojiàn fàngshēng. [Pinyin]
  [A person] who accidentally catches aquatic wildlife must unconditionally free such wildlife.
1. (Buddhism) to buy captive fish or birds to set them free (of Buddhists)
(by extension) to spare somebody

Derived terms

放生池

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (放生):

→ Japanese: 放生(ほうじょう) (hōjō)
→ Korean: 방생(放生) (bangsaeng)
→ Vietnamese: phóng sinh (放生)

Korean

Hanja in this term
放	生

Noun

放生 • (bangsaeng) (hangeul 방생)

hanja form^? of 방생 (“freeing captive animals, etc.”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
放	生

Noun

放生

(Buddhism) chữ Hán form of phóng sinh (“to release captive animals into the wild”)