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saang1 sang1
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[1] [v] give birth to; be born; exist [2] [v] grow; breed; beget; cause [3] [n] life; lifetime; livelihood [4] [n] student; scholar; practitioner [5] [adj] alive; living; lively [6] [adj] unripe; uncooked; raw [7] [adj] unfamiliar; strange; unacquainted [8] [adj] unskilled; crude; stiff [9] [n] male role in traditional Chinese opera [10] [粵] Mr; mister (abbreviation for 先生) Jyutping sang1 is literary reading; saang1 is colloquial. Please refer to [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
Additional PoS: Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: 生 (#100)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 午牛 |
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活生生 wut1 saang1 saang1 = alive 竹生 zuk1 sang1 = White fungus Puccinia bambusicol 生菜 saang1 coi3 = lettuce 人生 jan4 sang1 = life 大學生 daai6 hok6 saang1 = university student 生日 saang1 jat6 = birthday 花生 faa1 sang1 = peanut 先生 sin1 saang1 = mister, Mr.; husband; teacher 學生 hok6 saang1 = student; pupil 一生 jat1 sang1 = lifetime, lifespan, a whole life See all 562 compounds (CantoDict reports 600 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 52 examples containing 生
你想學做生意?
So you want to be a businessman? [Lit. you want study do business? More direct translation: You want to study how to do business? This is a good example of a serial verb construction. There are three in a row here (想學做) but more are possible.]
生果又甜又有營養。 粵
Show all 52 examplesFruits are sweet and nutritious. [Please note that "有" is missing from the audio by mistake.] |