更生

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (更生)		更	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēngshēng, gèngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥㄕㄥ, ㄍㄥˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ sang¹, gang¹ saang¹
Min Nan (POJ): kng-sng / keng-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland (in the Second List of Pronunciation Standards for Words with Multiple Readings (1959)))⁺
  - Pinyin: gēngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: gèngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genqsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang¹ sang¹, gang¹ saang¹
  - Yale: gāng sāng, gāng sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ sang¹, gang¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ seng¹, geng¹ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /kɐŋ⁵⁵ säːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-sng
  - Tâi-lô: kng-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: king-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengsefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

更生

to be reborn
to become rejuvenated; to be reinvigorated; to be revived
to renew; to reuse; to restore

Derived terms

自力更生 (zìlìgēngshēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
更	生
こう Grade: S	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

更生 (hiragana こうせい, rōmaji kōsei, historical hiragana かうせい)

the process of restoring one to be a productive member of society; rehabilitation
being reborn; rebirth
restoring an object that has lost its value to its former value; restoration

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