聊生

Chinese

		to chat; to have a chat; to kill time	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (聊生)		聊	生
simp. ^#(聊生)		聊	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáoshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáoshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáosheng
  - Wade–Giles: liao²-shêng¹
  - Yale: lyáu-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liausheng
  - Palladius: ляошэн (ljaošɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: lìuh sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

聊生

(literary, chiefly in the negative) to (be able to) keep a living

Derived terms

人不聊生
民不聊生 (mínbùliáoshēng)
苦不聊生

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