# 生肖
## Chinese

* 生肖 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 生肖 (Cantonese)
* 生肖 (Classical)
* Săng-sáiu (Eastern Min)
* 生肖 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēngxiào, shēngxiāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ, ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sang$^1$ ciu$^3$ / saang$^1$ ciu$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâng-seu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-siàu / sng-siàu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shengsiào
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$-hsiao$^4$
*** Yale: shēng-syàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiaw
*** Palladius: шэнсяо (šɛnsjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$生效 生肖
** (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shengsiao
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$-hsiao$^1$
*** Yale: shēng-syāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshiau
*** Palladius: шэнсяо (šɛnsjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$生肖 笙簫／笙箫
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sang$^1$ ciu$^3$ / saang$^1$ ciu$^3$
*** Yale: sāng chiu / sāang chiu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sang$^1$ tsiu$^3$ / saang$^1$ tsiu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seng$^1$ qiu$^3$ / sang$^1$ qiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-seu
*** Hakka Romanization System: sang$^ˊ$ seu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sang$^1$ seu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ seu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-siàu
*** Tâi-lô: sing-siàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiaux
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siau²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-siàu
*** Tâi-lô: sng-siàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sngsiaux
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ siau⁴¹/

### Noun

生肖
* Chinese zodiac sign (one of the twelve animals symbolising the Twelve Branches used to designate years)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 生肖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 屬相 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 生肖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 屬相 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 生肖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 屬相兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 屬相 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 生肖 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 生肖 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 生肖 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 生肖 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 生肖 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 生肖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 生肖 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 生肖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 生相 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 生相 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 生相 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 生肖 |
| Wu | Danyang | 肖屬 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 生肖 |

#### Derived terms

* 十二生肖 (shí'èr shēngxiào)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 生 | 肖 |

### Noun

生肖 • (saengcho) (hangeul 생초)
* hanja form of 생초 (“Chinese zodiac”)