# 生子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēngzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saang$^1$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shengzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: shēng-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtzyy
*** Palladius: шэнцзы (šɛnczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$生子 聲子／声子
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saang$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: sāang jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saang$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sang$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: sraeng|sraengH tsiX
Rime :
| Character | 生 | 生 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 生 (21) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (109) | 庚 (109) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II | III |
| Fanqie | 所庚切 | 所敬切 | 即里切 |
| Baxter | sraeng | sraengH | tsiX |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠæŋ/ | /ʃˠæŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚaŋ/ | /ʃᵚaŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃaŋ/ | /ʃaŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨjŋ/ | /ʂaɨjŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃɐŋ/ | /ʃɐŋ$^H$/ | /t͡siə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃɐŋ/ | /ʃɐŋ$^H$/ | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʂɐŋ/ | /ʂɐŋ$^H$/ | /t͡si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shēng | shèng | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sang$^1$ | sang$^3$ | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sreŋ|sreŋ|sreŋ tsəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ|sreŋs ʔslɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 生 | 生 | 生 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shēng | shēng | shēng | zǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sræng › | ‹ sræng › | ‹ srjæng › | ‹ tsi$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) | /*sreŋ/ | /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?) | /*tsəʔ/ |
| English | bear, be born; live | fresh, raw | bear, be born; live | child; gentleman, master |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 生 | 生 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11312 | 11322 | 17857 |
| Phonetic component | 生 | 生 | 子 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 生 | 生 | 子 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰleːŋ/ | /*sreŋs/ | /*ʔslɯʔ/ |

### Verb

生子
* (literary) to give birth to a son

#### Synonyms

* (Hakka) 降子

### Noun

生子
* (Classical) young adult

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 生 | 子 |
| なま Grade: 1 (ateji) | こ Grade: 1 (ateji) |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

This alternative spelling may have arisen as a simplification and are an example of ateji (当て字).

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 生子 – see the following entry. :
| 【海鼠なまこ】 | [noun] sea cucumber Alternative spellings 生海鼠, ナマコ |
(This term, 生子, is an alternative spelling (informal) of the above term.) :