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Definition 2024

接生

接生

Chinese

		to extend; to connect; to receive to extend; to connect; to receive; to join	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (接生)		接	生

Verb

接生

to deliver a newborn child

Derived terms

接生員／接生员

接生婆 (jiēshēngpó)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiēshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zip³ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiap-sên
Min Nan (POJ): chiap-seⁿ / chiap-siⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiēshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiesheng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zip³ sang¹
  - Yale: jip sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzip⁸ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːp̚³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiap-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiab` sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiab⁵ sen¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ap̚² sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiap-seⁿ / chiap-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiap-senn / tsiap-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciapsvef, ciapsvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ sẽ³³/, /t͡ɕiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁵ sɛ̃⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁵ ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕĩ⁴⁴/