書生

See also: 书生

Chinese

		book; letter	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (書生)		書	生
simp. (书生)		书	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-sên
Min Nan (POJ): su-seng / chir-sng / si-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shūshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shusheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu¹ sang¹
  - Yale: syū sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: su´ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ sen¹
  - IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-seng
  - Tâi-lô: su-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: susefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-sng
  - Tâi-lô: tsir-sng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-seng
  - Tâi-lô: si-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

書生

Derived terms

一介書生／一介书生
文弱書生／文弱书生
書生之見／书生之见
書生氣／书生气

牛角書生／牛角书生
白面書生／白面书生 (báimiàn shūshēng)
百無一用是書生／百无一用是书生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
書	生
しょ Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

書生 (hiragana しょせい, rōmaji shosei)

(Meiji and Taishō period) student
(later) a student who helps with housework in exchange for lodging

Usage notes

The modern term for a student is 学生 or 生徒.

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