"維生" meaning in 漢語

See 維生 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /vi²² sən⁴⁴/ [Wu, Shanghai, IPA] Forms: 维生 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 維持生活、生命
    Sense id: zh-維生-zh-verb-FNmU3n7Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 維生器 [Traditional-Chinese], 维生器 [Simplified-Chinese], 維生工資 [Traditional-Chinese], 维生工资 [Simplified-Chinese], 維生素 (wéishēngsù) [Traditional-Chinese], 维生素 (wéishēngsù) [Simplified-Chinese]
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「生」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    },
    {
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      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "source": "w"
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        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "維生工資"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "维生工资"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéishēngsù",
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        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "維生素"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéishēngsù",
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "維持生活、生命"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéishēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶vi-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéishēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei²-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "weisheng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛjšɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэйшэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "維生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
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        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "维生",
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        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "為生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "为生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàih sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶vi-sen"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片",
        "吳音小字典"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vi^去 sen"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片",
        "維基詞典羅馬化",
        "上海話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³vi-sen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²² sən⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "維生"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "吳語動詞",
    "吳語詞元",
    "官話動詞",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「生」的漢語詞",
    "帶「維」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有同音詞的官話詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語動詞",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語動詞",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "維生器"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "维生器"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "維生工資"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "维生工资"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéishēngsù",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "維生素"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéishēngsù",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "维生素"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "维生",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "維持生活、生命"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéishēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶vi-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéishēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei²-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "weisheng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛjšɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэйшэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "維生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "维生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "為生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "为生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "同音詞"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàih sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶vi-sen"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片",
        "吳音小字典"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vi^去 sen"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片",
        "維基詞典羅馬化",
        "上海話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³vi-sen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²² sən⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "太湖片"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "維生"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 維生 meaning in 漢語 (3.3kB)

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