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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syu1 sang1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆-sĕng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Hangzhou, Wugniu): 1syu-sen1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shūshēng
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shusheng
- Wade–Giles: shu1-shêng1
- Yale: shū-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shusheng
- Palladius: шушэн (šušɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: syu1 sang1
- Yale: syū sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sy1 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: xu1 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /syː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-sên
- Hakka Romanization System: suˊ senˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: su1 sen1
- Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: shuˋ senˋ
- Sinological IPA: /ʃu⁵³ sen⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-seng
- Tâi-lô: su-sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: susefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (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): /si⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ze1 sêng1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ seng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ seŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Yilan)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: syo sraeng|sraengH
Noun
書生
- scholar; intellectual
- 這位書生膽子很大，總是想見見鬼的樣子，卻都沒見到。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2020, 《懺悔要在活著的時候才有用》 (translated based on the English version of the article)
- Zhèwèi shūshēng dǎnzi hěn dà, zǒngshì xiǎng jiàn jian guǐ de yàngzi, què dōu méi jiàndào. [Pinyin]
- There was a [very brave] scholar, who had always wanted to see a ghost but never had.
这位书生胆子很大，总是想见见鬼的样子，却都没见到。 [MSC, simp.]
- pedantic scholar
Synonyms
- (scholar):
- 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
- 儒生 (rúshēng) (literary)
- 士人 (shìrén) (literary)
- 學人 / 学人 (xuérén)
- 學士 / 学士 (xuéshì)
- 學者 / 学者 (xuézhě)
- 文人 (wénrén)
- 文人墨客 (wénrénmòkè)
- 文士 (wénshì)
- 知識人 / 知识人
- 知識分子 / 知识分子
- 秀才 (xiùcái)
- 讀冊人 / 读册人 (Hokkien)
- 讀書人 / 读书人 (dúshūrén)
- 讀書家 / 读书家 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 騷人 / 骚人 (sāorén)
- 騷人墨客 / 骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè)
- 騷客 / 骚客 (sāokè)
- 墨客 (mòkè)
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 書 | 生 |
| しょ Grade: 2 |
せい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
書生 • (shosei)
- (Meiji and Taishō period) student
- (later) a student who helps with housework in exchange for lodging
Usage notes
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- “書生”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025