誕生

See also: 诞生

Chinese

	birth; birthday; brag birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (誕生)	誕	生
simp. (诞生)	诞	生
alternative forms	𧩙生／䜥生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan³ sang¹ / daan³ saang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tan-sên
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tàn-sng / tān-seng / tàn-seng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang³ sên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dànshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànsheng
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: dàn-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannsheng
  - Palladius: даньшэн (danʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan³ sang¹ / daan³ saang¹
  - Yale: daan sāng / daan sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan³ sang¹ / daan³ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan³ seng¹ / dan³ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /taːn³³ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tan-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: dan sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dan⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tan⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-sng
  - Tâi-lô: tàn-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: darnsngf
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān-seng
  - Tâi-lô: tān-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxnsefng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tan²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-seng
  - Tâi-lô: tàn-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: darnsefng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang³ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàng seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ³³/

Verb

誕生

(of a person) to be born
to emerge; to come into being; to form

Synonyms

(to be born):

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出世 (chūshì) (literary or dialectal)
出生 (chūshēng)
生人 (shēngrén) (of a person)
落地 (figurative)
降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)
降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)

(to emerge):

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催生 (cuīshēng) (figurative)
出世 (chūshì)
問世 / 问世 (wènshì)
形成 (xíngchéng)
現世 / 现世 (xiànshì)
生成 (shēngchéng)
產生 / 产生 (chǎnshēng)
發生 / 发生 (Hakka)
登臺 / 登台 (dēngtái) (figurative)
行世 (xíngshì) (literary)
長成 / 长成 (zhǎngchéng) (literary)
面世 (miànshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (誕生):

→ Japanese: 誕生(たんじょう) (tanjō)
→ Korean: 탄생(誕生) (tansaeng)
→ Vietnamese: đản sinh (誕生), đản sanh (誕生)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
誕	生
たん Grade: 6	しょう > じょう Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たんじょー [tàńjóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう) • (tanjō)

birth; creation; formation

Related terms

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) (tanjōbi)
初誕(はつたん)生(じょう) (hatsutanjō)
誕(たん)生(じょう)祝(いわ)い (tanjōiwai)
誕(たん)生(じょう)石(せき) (tanjōseki)
天(てん)皇(のう)誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) (tennōtanjōbi)
お誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとうございます (o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu), 御誕(おたん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとうございます (o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu)
誕(たん)生(じょう)寺(じ) (Tanjōji)
誕(たん)生(じょう)会(え) (tanjōe)
誕(たん)生(じょう)仏(ぶつ) (tanjōbutsu)
誕(たん)生(じょう)死(し) (tanjōshi)
誕(たん)生(じょう)記(き)念(ねん)筆(ふで) (tanjōkinenfude)

Verb

誕(たん)生(じょう)する • (tanjō suru) intransitive suru (stem 誕(たん)生(じょう)し (tanjō shi), past 誕(たん)生(じょう)した (tanjō shita))

be born, come into the world

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誕生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	誕生し	たんじょうし	tanjō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	誕生し	たんじょうし	tanjō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	誕生する	たんじょうする	tanjō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	誕生する	たんじょうする	tanjō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	誕生すれ	たんじょうすれ	tanjō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	誕生せよ¹ 誕生しろ²	たんじょうせよ¹ たんじょうしろ²	tanjō seyo¹ tanjō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	誕生される	たんじょうされる	tanjō sareru
Causative	誕生させる誕生さす	たんじょうさせるたんじょうさす	tanjō saseru tanjō sasu
Potential	誕生できる	たんじょうできる	tanjō dekiru
Volitional	誕生しよう	たんじょうしよう	tanjō shiyō
Negative	誕生しない	たんじょうしない	tanjō shinai
Negative continuative	誕生せず	たんじょうせず	tanjō sezu
Formal	誕生します	たんじょうします	tanjō shimasu
Perfective	誕生した	たんじょうした	tanjō shita
Conjunctive	誕生して	たんじょうして	tanjō shite
Hypothetical conditional	誕生すれば	たんじょうすれば	tanjō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
誕	生
あ Grade: 6	もう > も Grade: 1
irregular	nanori

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠mo̞]

Proper noun

誕(あ)生(も) • (Amo)

a female given name

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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
誕	生

Noun

誕生 • (tansaeng) (hangeul 탄생)

hanja form^? of 탄생 (“birth”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
誕	生

Verb

誕生

chữ Hán form of đản sinh (“to be born”)

[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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