"生字" meaning in Chinese

See 生字 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰĩ³³ li⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/, /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/, /t͡sʰĩ³³ li⁴¹/, /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/, /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/ Chinese transliterations: shēngzì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saang¹ zi⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chhiⁿ-lī, chheⁿ-jī, shēngzì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], shengzìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shêng¹-tzŭ⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shēng-dz̀ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shengtzyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], шэнцзы [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šɛnczy [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], shēngzìr [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄕㄥ ㄗˋㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], shengzìhr [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shêng¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shēng-dzìr [Mandarin, Yale], shengtzell [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэнцзыр [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛnczyr [Mandarin, Palladius], sāang jih [Cantonese, Yale], saang¹ dzi⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sang¹ ji⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chhiⁿ-lī [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tshinn-lī [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], chvili [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], chheⁿ-jī [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tshenn-jī [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], zhveji [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 生字
  1. new character (that one is not familiar with); new word Synonyms (new character): 生詞 (shēngcí), 生词 (shēngcí)
    Sense id: en-生字-zh-noun-L1VrREW6 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Linguistics Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'new character': 100 0
  2. birth number (on a birth certificate)
    Sense id: en-生字-zh-noun-Qv0lQrq7
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngzì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhiⁿ-lī"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chheⁿ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngzì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengzìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-tzŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-dz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengtzyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngzìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄗˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengzìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-dzìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengtzell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнцзыр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnczyr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāang jih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhiⁿ-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshinn-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chvili"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ³³ li⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chheⁿ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshenn-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhveji"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ³³ li⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生字"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 字",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 生",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngzì"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhiⁿ-lī"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chheⁿ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngzì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengzìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-tzŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-dz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengtzyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngzìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄗˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengzìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-dzìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengtzell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнцзыр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnczyr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāang jih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhiⁿ-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshinn-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chvili"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ³³ li⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chheⁿ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshenn-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhveji"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ³³ li⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shēngcí",
      "sense": "new character",
      "word": "生詞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngcí",
      "sense": "new character",
      "word": "生词"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生字"
}

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