生員

See also: 生员

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	person; employee; member
trad. (生員)		生	員
simp. (生员)		生	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-oân / seng-oân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengyuán
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-yüan²
    • Yale: shēng-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengyuan
    • Palladius: шэнъюань (šɛnʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: sāng yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-oân
    • Tâi-lô: sng-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sng'oaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ uan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-oân
    • Tâi-lô: sing-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seng'oaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² uan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²³/

Noun

生員

1. (historical) person who has passed the imperial examination at the county level
2. (literary) number of enrolled students

Synonyms

• (person who has passed): 秀才 (xiùcái)

Derived terms

• 增廣生員 / 增广生员
• 廩膳生員 / 廪膳生员
• 附學生員 / 附学生员

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生員):

• → Vietnamese: sinh viên (生員)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	員

Noun

生員

1. chữ Hán form of sinh viên (“postsecondary student”).