生兒育女
See also: 生儿育女
Chinese
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
son; child; diminutive suffix | nourish; to rear | female; woman; daughter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生兒育女) | 生 | 兒 | 育 | 女 | |
| simp. (生儿育女) | 生 | 儿 | 育 | 女 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): shēng'éryùnǚ
- (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saang1 ji4 juk6 neoi5
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-jî-io̍k-lí / seⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí / siⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shēng'éryùnǚ
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sheng-éryùnyǔ
- Wade–Giles: shêng1-êrh2-yü4-nü3
- Yale: shēng-ér-yù-nyǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengerlyuhneu
- Palladius: шэнъэрюйнюй (šɛnʺerjujnjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saang1 ji4 juk6 neoi5
- Yale: sāang yìh yuhk néuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: saang1 ji4 juk9 noey5
- Guangdong Romanization: sang1 yi4 yug6 nêu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-jî-io̍k-lí
- Tâi-lô: sing-jî-io̍k-lí
- Phofsit Daibuun: sengji'ioglie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí
- Tâi-lô: senn-jî-io̍k-lí
- Phofsit Daibuun: sveji'ioglie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-jî-io̍k-lí
- Tâi-lô: sinn-jî-io̍k-lí
- Phofsit Daibuun: sviji'ioglie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
生兒育女
- to bear and raise children
- (Mainland China, Internet slang, reinterpreted) to give birth to a boy, grown up to be a girl; to bear a son and raise a daughter transgendered