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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānshēng

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ sên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiansheng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: tyān-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiansheng
  - Palladius: тяньшэн (tjanʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ saang¹
  - Yale: tīn sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-seng
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sng
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tin¹ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

Adjective

天生

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
天生沒有四肢／天生没有四肢 ― tiānshēng méiyǒu sìzhī ― born without limbs

Synonyms

先天 (xiāntiān)

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