生口

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (生口)		生	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-kʻou³
  - Yale: shēng-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengkoou
  - Palladius: шэнкоу (šɛnkou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ hau²
  - Yale: sāang háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

生口

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Synonym: 活口
(Cantonese) hatch (small door or opening for maintenance)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生口):

→ Japanese: 生口(せいこう) (seikō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	口
せい Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Literary Chinese 生口 (shēngkǒu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

生(せい)口(こう) • (seikō)

prisoner of war or slave (as mentioned in Chinese historiography regarding China, Korea, and Japan)
Hypernyms: 捕虜 (horyo, “prisoner of war”), 奴隷 (dorei, “slave”)