生長

See also: 生长

Chinese

	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (生長)	生	長
simp. (生长)	生	长
anagram	長生／长生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ zoeng² / saang¹ zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chóng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sng-tióng / seng-tióng / seng-tiáng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ ziang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chang³
  - Yale: shēng-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjaang
  - Palladius: шэнчжан (šɛnčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ zoeng² / saang¹ zoeng²
  - Yale: sāng jéung / sāang jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ dzoeng² / saang¹ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ zêng² / sang¹ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ t͡soŋ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-tióng
  - Tâi-lô: sng-tióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngdiorng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-tióng
  - Tâi-lô: sing-tióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiorng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-tiáng
  - Tâi-lô: sing-tiáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengdiarng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ ziang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ tsiáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Verb

生長

(of an organism) to grow
to be born and brought up; to grow up

Synonyms

(to grow):

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大漢 / 大汉 (Hokkien, to come of age)
成人 (chéngrén) (to come of age)
成長 / 成长 (chéngzhǎng)
滋長 / 滋长 (zīzhǎng)
長大 / 长大 (zhǎngdà) (to come of age)
長成 / 长成 (zhǎngchéng) (literary)

Derived terms

生長因子 / 生长因子 (shēngzhǎng yīnzǐ)
生長期 / 生长期 (shēngzhǎngqī)
生長板 / 生长板 (shēngzhǎngbǎn)
生長激素 / 生长激素 (shēngzhǎng jīsù)
生長素 / 生长素 (shēngzhǎngsù)
生長輪 / 生长轮
生長點 / 生长点

Related terms

繁殖 (fánzhí)
培育 (péiyù)
養殖／养殖 (yǎngzhí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	長
せい Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーちょー [sèéchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

生(せい)長(ちょう) • (seichō) ^{←せいちやう (seityau)^?}

growth, development

Derived terms

生長素(せいちょうそ) (seichōso, “auxin”)

Verb

生(せい)長(ちょう)する • (seichō suru) ^{←せいちやう (seityau)^?}suru (stem 生(せい)長(ちょう)し (seichō shi), past 生(せい)長(ちょう)した (seichō shita))

to grow, to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生長する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	生長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	生長し	せいちょうし	seichō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	生長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	生長する	せいちょうする	seichō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	生長すれ	せいちょうすれ	seichō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	生長せよ¹ 生長しろ²	せいちょうせよ¹ せいちょうしろ²	seichō seyo¹ seichō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	生長される	せいちょうされる	seichō sareru
Causative	生長させる生長さす	せいちょうさせるせいちょうさす	seichō saseru seichō sasu
Potential	生長できる	せいちょうできる	seichō dekiru
Volitional	生長しよう	せいちょうしよう	seichō shiyō
Negative	生長しない	せいちょうしない	seichō shinai
Negative continuative	生長せず	せいちょうせず	seichō sezu
Formal	生長します	せいちょうします	seichō shimasu
Perfective	生長した	せいちょうした	seichō shita
Conjunctive	生長して	せいちょうして	seichō shite
Hypothetical conditional	生長すれば	せいちょうすれば	seichō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“生長”, 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	長

Noun

生長 • (saengjang) (hangeul 생장)

hanja form^? of 생장 (“growth; development”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	長

Verb

生長

chữ Hán form of sinh trưởng (“to grow”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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