生趣

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	interesting; to interest
trad. (生趣)		生	趣
simp. ^#(生趣)		生	趣
anagram		趣生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngqù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄑㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ceoi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sên-chhi

(Hailu, HRS): sen^ˋ ci^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): sên¹ qi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄑㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengcyù
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻü⁴
  - Yale: shēng-chyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchiuh
  - Palladius: шэнцюй (šɛncjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ ceoi³
  - Yale: sāng cheui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ tsoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ cêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chhi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ qi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˋ ci^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /sen⁵³ t͡sʰi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sên¹ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

Adjective

生趣

(Hakka) interesting; absorbing; engaging; delightful
- 2014, “幸福个氣味”‎^[1]performed by 謝宇威 [Hsieh Yu-Wei], 劉劭希 [Liu Shaoxi], 官靈芝 [Emily Kuan], 欒克勇 [Lemon Luan], 東東(湯運煥) [Dong], 邱廉欽 [Kim Chiu], 葉鈺渟 [Yeh Yu-ting], and JPM [JPM], 客家委員會 [Hakka Affairs Council]:
  
  花香書香人情香　人生越過越生趣 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  花香书香人情香　人生越过越生趣 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  fâ hiông sû hiông ngìn-chhìn hiông, ngìn-sên ye̍t ko ye̍t sên-chhi [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  The flowers are pleasant, and so are books and relationships; life gets more interesting as we live it

Synonyms

咧斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
扎勁 (⁷tsaq-cin) (Shanghainese)
有味 (yǒuwèi)
有局 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
有趣 (yǒuqù)
趣味 (chhù-bī) (Hokkien, Teochew)
逗 (dòu)

Noun

生趣

(literary) joy of life
(literary) vividness