# 雙生
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuāngshēng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄕㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^1$ sang$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sûng-sâng
* Eastern Min (BUC): sĕ̤ng-săng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sang$^1$ sa$^1$ / sang$^1$ saⁿ$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sang-siⁿ / siang-siⁿ / siang-seⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sang$^1$ sên$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngshēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄕㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuangsheng
*** Wade–Giles: shuang$^1$-shêng$^1$
*** Yale: shwāng-shēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangsheng
*** Palladius: шуаншэн (šuanšɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$雙生 / 双生 雙聲 / 双声
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (雙生兒 / 双生儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngshēngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄕㄥㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuangshengr
*** Wade–Giles: shuang$^1$-shêng$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: shwāng-shēngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangshengl
*** Palladius: шуаншэнр (šuanšɛnr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^1$ sang$^1$
*** Yale: sēung sāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^1$ sang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^1$ seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sûng-sâng
*** Hakka Romanization System: sung$^ˊ$ sang$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sung$^1$ sang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕ̤ng-săng
*** Sinological IPA : /søyŋ⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$naŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sang$^1$ sa$^1$ [Phonetic: sang$^5$ na$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬaŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(ɬ-)}$na⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sang$^1$ saⁿ$^1$ [Phonetic: sang$^5$ na$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬaŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(ɬ-)}$na⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sang-siⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sang-sinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sangsvy
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /saŋ³³ sĩ³³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-siⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: siang-sinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siangsvy
*** IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-seⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: siang-senn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siangsvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sang$^1$ sên$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sang seⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /saŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

### Adjective

雙生
* (attributive) twin

#### Derived terms

* 雙生仔 / 双生仔
* 雙生兒 / 双生儿 (shuàngshengr)
* 雙生囝 / 双生囝
* 雙生女 / 双生女

### Noun

雙生
* (dialectal) twins

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雙胞胎, 雙生子, 孿生子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 雙棒兒, 雙生兒, 雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 雙胞胎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 雙雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 雙棒兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 雙棒兒, 雙勃朗兒, 雙子, 雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 雙胞胎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 雙胞胎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 雙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 雙棒兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 雙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 雙生兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 雙生兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 雙巴, 雙胞胎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 雙兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 雙胞胎, 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 雙生 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 雙雙子兒, 雙雙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 雙兒雙兒, 雙生 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 雙雙兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 雙生 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 雙棒棒, 雙棒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 雙雙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 雙雙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 雙雙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 雙雙兒, 雙兒, 雙, 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 雙生, 雙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 雙雙, 雙胞, 雙巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 雙胞胎, 雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 雙胞胎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 雙胞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 雙胞兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 雙胞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 雙生兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎, 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 孖生 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 孖生, 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 孖得 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 孖胎, 孖仔, 雙仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 雙孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 雙龍仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 雙孖仔, 雙孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 孖胎, 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 雙孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 雙孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 雙孖仔, 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 雙孖 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖妹 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿拉 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 雙孖, 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙孖胎, 雙胞胎 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 雙孖仔 ♂, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 雙生 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 雙胞胎 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 雙胞胎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 雙生子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 雙生 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 雙雙仔, 雙雙子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 雙胞卵, 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 雙生子 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 雙生子胎 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 拉仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 孖胎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 孖胎 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 雙花子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀ |
| Hakka | Changting | 雙胞落 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 雙生牯子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 雙胞落 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 雙胞落子, 雙胞子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 雙胞子, 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雙胞卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 雙胞卵, 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雙胞卵, 雙生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雙胞卵, 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雙降, 雙胞卵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 雙生, 雙胞 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 雙降 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 雙生生 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 雙生生 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 雙生子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 雙生兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 雙生生 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 雙生兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 雙生子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 雙生仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 雙生囝, 雙生 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 雙生的, 雙生囝, 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 雙生的 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 夾雙仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 雙生仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 雙生的 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 雙生的, 雙生仔, 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 雙生仔, 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 雙胞胎 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雙生囝, 雙胞胎 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雙生囝, 雙生兒 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雙生囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 雙生, 雙生囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 雙生, 雙生囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 雙胞胎 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 孖囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 孖胎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 雙胞胎 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 雙雙 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 雙幫頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 雙胞胎, 雙生子, 雙雙子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 雙胞, 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 雙生兒, 雙生子, 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 雙生娒, 雙生, 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雙生兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 雙胞胎, 雙生子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 雙生 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 雙生子, 雙胎 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 雙胞胎 |
| Note | ♂ - male; ♀ - female | ♂ - male; ♀ - female |

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “双生”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 463.