生根

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (生根)		生	根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnggēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ gan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-kîn
Min Nan (POJ): siⁿ-kun / seⁿ-kin / siⁿ-kin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēnggēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenggen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ gan¹
  - Yale: sāang gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ gen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /säːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-kîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang´ gin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ gin¹
  - IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-kun
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'kwn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕĩ³³ kun³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-kin
  - Tâi-lô: senn-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sve'kyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-kin
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'kyn
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/

Verb

生根

(of plant) to take root
(figuratively) to take root; to become established

Synonyms

(to take root): (Min Nan) 開根／开根 (kāigēn)

Derived terms

落地生根 (luòdì shēnggēn)

見肉生根／见肉生根

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