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生肖

生肖

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	similar; resembling; to resemble similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like
simp. and trad. (生肖)		生	肖

Noun

生肖

Chinese zodiac, one of the twelve animals symbolising the Twelve Branches used to designate years

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	肖

Noun

生肖 • ‎(saengcho) ‎(hangeul 생초)

Hanja form^? of 생초, “Chinese zodiac”.

Etymology

From 生 (shēng, “to live, to be born”) + 肖 (xiào, “to resemble, to be like”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shēngxiào, shēngxiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ ciu³, sang¹ ciu³
Min Nan (POJ): sng-siàu / seng-siàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: shēngxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    生效
    生肖
- (Standard Chinese, incorrect variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: shēngxiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄒㄧㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    生肖
    笙簫／笙箫
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ ciu³, sang¹ ciu³
  - Yale: sāang chiu, sāng chiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsiu³, sang¹ tsiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: sng-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngsiaux
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ ɕiaʊ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-siàu
  - Tâi-lô: sing-siàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaʊ²¹/