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天生

天生

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (天生)		天	生

Adjective

天生

(attributive) innate; inborn; inherent; natural; intrinsic
- 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")
  天生麗質難自棄 / 天生丽质难自弃 ― Tiānshēng lìzhì nán zìqì ― Her natural beauty and lovely comportment were difficult to ignore

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiānshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ saang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sên
Min Nan (POJ): thian-sng / thian-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiansheng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ saang¹
  - Yale: tīn sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ saang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɑːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ sen¹
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sng
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-seng
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/