水生

Chinese

		water; river	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (水生)		水	生
anagram		生水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeisheng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sang¹
  - Yale: séui sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

水生

(attributive, biology) aquatic (living in water)

Antonyms

陸生／陆生 (lùshēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	生
すい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) すいせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [sɨᵝise̞ː]

Noun

水生 (hiragana すいせい, rōmaji suisei)

(biology) aquatic (life)

Antonyms

陸生 (りくせい) (rikusei): terrestrial (life)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

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