怯生

Chinese

		afraid; rustic	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (怯生)		怯	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qièshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hip³ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qièshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cièsheng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: chyè-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehsheng
  - Palladius: цешэн (cešɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hip³ sang¹
  - Yale: hip sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hip⁸ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hib³ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːp̚³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

怯生

to be shy with strangers

Synonyms

怕生 (pàshēng)
認生／认生 (rènshēng)
驚生份／惊生份 (Hokkien)

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