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
Min Nan (POJ): seng-kè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēngjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄐㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjih
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ gai³
  - Yale: sāng gai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ gai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ gei³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-kie
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen´ gie
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ gie⁴
  - IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-kè
  - Tâi-lô: sing-kè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengkex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ ke⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke²¹/

Noun

生計

livelihood

Synonyms

(informal) 飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn)
(archaic) 生產／生产 (shēngchǎn)
(archaic) 世故 (shìgù)

Verb

生計

(archaic) to devise a stratagem; to work out a scheme; to draw up a plan

Synonyms

定計／定计 (dìngjì)

Japanese

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

Noun

生計 (hiragana せいけい, rōmaji seikei)

livelihood
- 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 (せい)計 (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.

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