生員

See also: 生员

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	person; employee; member
trad. (生員)		生	員
simp. (生员)		生	员

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-oân / seng-oân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengyuán
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-yüan²
  - Yale: shēng-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengyuan
  - Palladius: шэнъюань (šɛnʺjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: sāng yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-oân
  - Tâi-lô: sng-uân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sng'oaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ uan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-oân
  - Tâi-lô: sing-uân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seng'oaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² uan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² uan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²³/

Noun

生員

(historical) person who has passed the imperial examination at the county level
(literary) number of enrolled students

Synonyms

(person who has passed): 秀才 (xiùcái)

Derived terms

增廣生員 / 增广生员
廩膳生員 / 廪膳生员
附學生員 / 附学生员

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生員):

→ Vietnamese: sinh viên (生員)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	員

Noun

生員

chữ Hán form of sinh viên (“postsecondary student”)