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
(Pinyin): shūshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-sên
Min Nan (POJ): su-seng / chir-sng / si-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shūshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shusheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu¹ sang¹
  - Yale: syū sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ʃyː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: su´ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ sen¹
  - IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-seng
  - Tâi-lô: su-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: susefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (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): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

書生

scholar; intellectual
pedantic scholar

Synonyms

(scholar):

Synonyms of 書生

儒生 (rúshēng) (literary)
墨客 (mòkè)
士人 (shìrén) (literary)
學人／学人 (xuérén)
學家／学家 (xuéjiā)
學者／学者 (xuézhě)
文人 (wénrén)
文人墨客 (wénrénmòkè)

文士 (wénshì)
知識分子／知识分子 (zhīshi fènzǐ)
秀才 (xiùcái)
讀冊人／读册人 (Min Nan)
讀書人／读书人 (dúshūrén)
騷人／骚人 (sāorén)
騷人墨客／骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè)
騷客／骚客 (sāokè)

Derived terms

一介書生／一介书生 (yījièshūshēng)
文弱書生／文弱书生
書生之見／书生之见
書生氣／书生气 (shūshēngqì)

牛角書生／牛角书生
白面書生／白面书生 (báimiàn shūshēng)
百無一用是書生／百无一用是书生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
書	生
しょ Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

書生 (hiragana しょせい, rōmaji shosei)

(Meiji and Taishō period) student
(later) a student who helps with housework in exchange for lodging

Usage notes

The modern term for a student is 学生 or 生徒.

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