# 生息
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēngxī, shēngxí
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ, ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sang$^1$ sik$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): seng-sek / sng-siak / seng-sit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sên$^1$ sêg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxī
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shengsi
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$-hsi$^1$
*** Yale: shēng-syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshi
*** Palladius: шэнси (šɛnsi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$生息 聲息／声息
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxí
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shengsí
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$-hsi$^2$
*** Yale: shēng-syí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshyi
*** Palladius: шэнси (šɛnsi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$生息 聲息／声息
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sang$^1$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: sāng sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sang$^1$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seng$^1$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$生息 生色
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-sek
*** Tâi-lô: sing-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengseg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-siak
*** Tâi-lô: sng-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sngsiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-sit
*** Tâi-lô: sing-sit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengsid
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sên$^1$ sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ sek
*** Sinological IPA : /sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/

### Verb

生息
* to inhabit; to live in (a habitat)
* to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply
* (finance) to bear interest
    生息資本／生息资本 ― shēngxī zīběn ― interest-bearing capital

#### Synonyms

* (to inhabit):
* 在世 (zàishì)
* 在生 (zàishēng)
* 存活 (cúnhuó)
* 活著／活着 (huózhe)
* 生存 (shēngcún)
* (to breed):
* 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 增生 (zēngshēng)
* 滋生 (zīshēng)
* 生殖 (shēngzhí)
* 繁殖 (fánzhí)
* 繁育 (fányù)
* 繁衍 (fányǎn)

#### Derived terms

* 休養生息／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)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 生 | 息 |
| せい Grade: 1 | そく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 棲息

### Etymology

生 is a daiyōji replacing 棲.

### Noun

生(せい)息(そく) • (seisoku)
* habitation

### Verb

生(せい)息(そく)する • (seisoku suru) suru (stem 生(せい)息(そく)し (seisoku shi), past 生(せい)息(そく)した (seisoku shita))
* to inhabit, to live in (a habitat)

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 生息し | せいそくし | seisoku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 生息し | せいそくし | seisoku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 生息する | せいそくする | seisoku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 生息する | せいそくする | seisoku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 生息すれ | せいそくすれ | seisoku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 生息せよ¹ 生息しろ² | せいそくせよ¹ せいそくしろ² | seisoku seyo¹ seisoku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 生息される | せいそくされる | seisoku sareru |
| Causative | 生息させる 生息さす | せいそくさせる せいそくさす | seisoku saseru seisoku sasu |
| Potential | 生息できる | せいそくできる | seisoku dekiru |
| Volitional | 生息しよう | せいそくしよう | seisoku shiyō |
| Negative | 生息しない | せいそくしない | seisoku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 生息せず | せいそくせず | seisoku sezu |
| Formal | 生息します | せいそくします | seisoku shimasu |
| Perfective | 生息した | せいそくした | seisoku shita |
| Conjunctive | 生息して | せいそくして | seisoku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 生息すれば | せいそくすれば | seisoku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||