生計

See also: 生计

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (生計)		生	計
simp. (生计)		生	计
anagram		計生／计生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngjì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ gai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-kie
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-kè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengjì
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chi⁴
  - Yale: shēng-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjih
  - Palladius: шэнцзи (šɛnczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ gai³
  - Yale: sāng gai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ gai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ gei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-kie
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ gie
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ gie⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-kè
  - Tâi-lô: sing-kè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengkex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³ ke⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke²¹/

Noun

生計

livelihood

Synonyms

世故 (shìgù) (archaic)
生活 (shēnghuó)
生涯 (shēngyá)
生產 / 生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
生路 (shēnglù)
飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn) (figurative, informal)

Verb

生計

(archaic) to devise a stratagem; to work out a scheme; to draw up a plan
- (Can we date this quote?), “但见山嵯峨胜景也云多——人文景观说礐石”, in 潮汕民俗网‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 November 2020:
  
  縣官聽石剝皮說阿狗與鄉親們關係好，於是生了一計，準備派官兵去村裏抄殺。 [MSC, trad.]
  县官听石剥皮说阿狗与乡亲们关系好，于是生了一计，准备派官兵去村里抄杀。 [MSC, simp.]
  Xiànguān tīng Shíbōpí shuō Āgǒu yǔ xiāngqīnmen guānxì hǎo, yúshì shēng le yī jì, zhǔnbèi pài guānbīng qù cūnlǐ chāoshā. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

定計／定计 (dìngjì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	計
せい Grade: 1	けい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーけー [sèékéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

生(せい)計(けい) • (seikei)

livelihood
生計(せいけい)維持(いじ)者(しゃ)
seikei iji-sha
livelihood sustainer; breadwinner
- 1910, 夏目漱石, 門:
  小女(こおんな)を一人使(ひとりつか)って、朝(あさ)から晩(ばん)までことりと音(おと)もしないように静(しずか)かな生計(せいけい)を立(た)てていた。
  Koonna o hitori tsukatte, asa kara ban made kotori to oto mo shinai yō ni shizukaka na seikei o tatete ita.
  They had only a young maid, and from morning to night they led a livelihood so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Derived terms

生計(せいけい)を立(た)てる (seikei o tateru)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	計

Noun

生計 • (saenggye) (hangeul 생계)

hanja form^? of 생계 (“livelihood”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	計

Noun

生計

chữ Hán form of sinh kế (“livelihood”)