生育

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	nourish; to rear
trad. (生育)		生	育
simp. ^#(生育)		生	育

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngyù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ juk⁶ / sang¹ juk⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sên-yuk

(Hailu, HRS): sen^ˋ rhug^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): sĕng-ṳ̆k
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): seng-io̍k / sng-io̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ iog⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sen-yoq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengyù
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-yü⁴
  - Yale: shēng-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengyuh
  - Palladius: шэнъюй (šɛnʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    生育
    聲域 / 声域
    聲譽 / 声誉
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saang¹ juk⁶ / sang¹ juk⁶
  - Yale: sāang yuhk / sāng yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ juk⁹ / sang¹ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ yug⁶ / seng¹ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    生肉
    生育
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-yuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ iug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ yug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ i̯uk̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-yuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ (r)iug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ yug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ (j)i̯uk̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˋ rhug^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sen⁵³ ʒuk²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-ṳ̆k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋyʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-io̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sing-io̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seng'iok
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔk̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-io̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sng-io̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sng'iok
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ iɔk̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ iog⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ io̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ iok̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sen-yoq
  - MiniDict: sen^平 yoh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sen-hhioq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵⁵ ɦioʔ²¹/

Verb

生育

to give birth; to procreate; to have children
生育控制 ― shēngyù kòngzhì ― birth control

生育能力 ― shēngyù nénglì ― ability to have children; fertility

Synonyms

生養／生养 (shēngyǎng)

Derived terms

生育率 (shēngyùlǜ)
計劃生育 / 计划生育 (jìhuà shēngyù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生育):

→ Japanese: 生育(せいいく) (seiiku)
→ Korean: 생육(生育) (saeng'yuk)
→ Vietnamese: sinh dục (生育)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	育
せい Grade: 1	いく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーいく [sèéíkú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːikɯ̟]

Noun

生(せい)育(いく) • (seiiku)

growth

Verb

生(せい)育(いく)する • (seiiku suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 生(せい)育(いく)し (seiiku shi), past 生(せい)育(いく)した (seiiku shita))

to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生育する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	生育し	せいいくし	seiiku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	生育し	せいいくし	seiiku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	生育する	せいいくする	seiiku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	生育する	せいいくする	seiiku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	生育すれ	せいいくすれ	seiiku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	生育せよ¹ 生育しろ²	せいいくせよ¹ せいいくしろ²	seiiku seyo¹ seiiku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	生育される	せいいくされる	seiiku sareru
Causative	生育させる生育さす	せいいくさせるせいいくさす	seiiku saseru seiiku sasu
Potential	生育できる	せいいくできる	seiiku dekiru
Volitional	生育しよう	せいいくしよう	seiiku shiyō
Negative	生育しない	せいいくしない	seiiku shinai
Negative continuative	生育せず	せいいくせず	seiiku sezu
Formal	生育します	せいいくします	seiiku shimasu
Perfective	生育した	せいいくした	seiiku shita
Conjunctive	生育して	せいいくして	seiiku shite
Hypothetical conditional	生育すれば	せいいくすれば	seiiku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“生育”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	育

Noun

生育 • (saeng'yuk) (hangeul 생육)

hanja form^? of 생육

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	育

Adjective

生育

chữ Hán form of sinh dục (“reproductive”)