"初生" meaning in All languages combined

See 初生 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 初生
  1. (literary) to be just born; to be newborn Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-初生-zh-verb-vpeC~LOu Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. (literary) to begin to develop Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-初生-zh-verb-DEWOOobi Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 初生之犢 (chūshēngzhīdú), 初生之犊 (chūshēngzhīdú), 初生態, 初生态, 初生犢, 初生犊

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕo̞se̞ː] Forms: 初生 [canonical] (ruby: (しょ), (せい)), shosei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょせい}} 初(しょ)生(せい) • (shosei)
  1. firstling, firstborn offspring, newborn Synonyms: 初子 (uigo) (ruby: (うい), ()), 初子 (hatsugo) (ruby: (はつ), ())
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      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ"
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻu¹-shêng¹"
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "chū-shēng"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chusheng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čušɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "чушэн"
    },
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      "zh_pron": "chō sāng"
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      "roman": "chūshēngzhīdú",
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}

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