"生息" meaning in Chinese

See 生息 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, Standard-Chinese], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/, /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/, /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/, /sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/, /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/, /sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/ Chinese transliterations: shēngxī [Mandarin, Pinyin], shēngxí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sang¹ sik¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], seng-sek [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sng-siak [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], seng-sit [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sên¹ sêg⁴ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], shēngxī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese], ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, bopomofo], shengsi [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Tongyong-Pinyin], shêng¹-hsi¹ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Wade-Giles], shēng-syī [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Yale], shengshi [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese], шэнси [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese], šɛnsi [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese], shēngxí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, bopomofo], shengsí [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Tongyong-Pinyin], shêng¹-hsi² [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Wade-Giles], shēng-syí [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Yale], shengshyi [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], шэнси [Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], šɛnsi [Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], sang¹ sik¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], sāng sīk [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], sang¹ sik⁷ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], seng¹ xig¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], sing-sik [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sengseg [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], sng-siak [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sngsiag [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], sing-sit [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sengsid [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], seⁿ sek [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 生息
  1. to inhabit; to live in (a habitat)
    Sense id: en-生息-zh-verb-wThTzPBq Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 21 19 7 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 22 19 8 26
  2. to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply
    Sense id: en-生息-zh-verb-i7Gben44 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Biology Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 30 45 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 21 19 7 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 22 19 8 26 Disambiguation of Biology: 33 67 0
  3. (finance) to bear interest
    Sense id: en-生息-zh-verb-umR~Dyc8 Categories (other): Finance, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 21 19 7 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 22 19 8 26 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 休養生息 (xiūyǎngshēngxī), 休养生息 (xiūyǎngshēngxī), 生息蕃庶, 調養生息, 调养生息 Related terms: 繁衍 (fányǎn), 衍生 (yǎnshēng)
Synonyms: 在世 (zàishì), 在生 (zàishēng), 存活 (cúnhuó), 活著 (huózhe), 活着 (huózhe), 生存 (shēngcún), (rǔ) [in-compounds, literary], 增生 (zēngshēng), 滋生 (zīshēng), 生殖 (shēngzhí), 繁殖 (fánzhí), 繁育 (fányù), 繁衍 (fányǎn)
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      "zh-pron": "shēngxī"
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      "zh-pron": "shēngxí"
    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ"
    },
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        "Jyutping"
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    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
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        "POJ"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "sên¹ sêg⁴"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngxī"
    },
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        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "bopomofo"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengsi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-hsi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-syī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengshi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngxí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengsí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-hsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-syí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengshyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ sik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāng sīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ sik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seng¹ xig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing-sik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sengseg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sng-siak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sngsiag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sengsid"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seⁿ sek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sng-siak /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zàishì",
      "word": "在世"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zàishēng",
      "word": "在生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cúnhuó",
      "word": "存活"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "huózhe",
      "word": "活著"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "huózhe",
      "word": "活着"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shēngcún",
      "word": "生存"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "rǔ",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zēngshēng",
      "word": "增生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zīshēng",
      "word": "滋生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shēngzhí",
      "word": "生殖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fánzhí",
      "word": "繁殖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fányù",
      "word": "繁育"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fányǎn",
      "word": "繁衍"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "roman": "xiūyǎngshēngxī",
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    {
      "roman": "xiūyǎngshēngxī",
      "word": "休养生息"
    },
    {
      "word": "生息蕃庶"
    },
    {
      "word": "調養生息"
    },
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      "word": "调养生息"
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        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "interest-bearing capital",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "shēngxī zīběn",
          "text": "生息资本",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bear interest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) to bear interest"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngxī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngxí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ sik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seng-sek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sng-siak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seng-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sên¹ sêg⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngxī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengsi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-hsi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-syī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengshi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngxí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengsí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-hsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-syí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengshyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнси"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ sik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāng sīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ sik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seng¹ xig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing-sik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sengseg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sng-siak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sngsiag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing-sit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sengsid"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seⁿ sek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sng-siak /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zàishì",
      "word": "在世"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zàishēng",
      "word": "在生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cúnhuó",
      "word": "存活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huózhe",
      "word": "活著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huózhe",
      "word": "活着"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngcún",
      "word": "生存"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rǔ",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zēngshēng",
      "word": "增生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zīshēng",
      "word": "滋生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngzhí",
      "word": "生殖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fánzhí",
      "word": "繁殖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fányù",
      "word": "繁育"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fányǎn",
      "word": "繁衍"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生息"
}

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