生物

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngwù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ mat⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sên-vu̍t / sâng-vu̍t

(Hailu, HRS): sen^ˋ vud^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): sên¹ vud⁶ / sang¹ vud⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): sĕng-ŭk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng¹ boh⁷ / seng¹ buoh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): seng-bu̍t / sng-bu̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ muêh⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sen-veq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengwù
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-wu⁴
  - Yale: shēng-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengwuh
  - Palladius: шэнъу (šɛnʺu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ mat⁶
  - Yale: sāng maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-vu̍t / sâng-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ vud / sang^ˊ vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ vud⁶ / sang¹ vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ vut̚⁵/, /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ vut̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˋ vud^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sen⁵³ vut²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sên¹ vud⁶ / sang¹ vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sɛn⁴⁴ ʋut̚⁵/, /saŋ⁴⁴ ʋut̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-ŭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋuʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ boh⁷ [Phonetic: seng⁵ moh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seng-beo̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(p-)mɔʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ buoh⁷ [Phonetic: seng⁵ muoh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(p-)muoʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sing-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengbut
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sng-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngbut
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ but̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ muêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ mue̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ mueʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sen-veq
  - MiniDict: sen^平 veh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sen-veq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵⁵ vəʔ²¹/

Middle Chinese: sraeng mjut

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Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sreŋ C.mut/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ mɯd/

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Noun

生物

(biology) organism; living being; lifeform (Classifier: 個／个)
biology (study of all life or living matter)

Synonyms

(organism):

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有機體 / 有机体 (yǒujītǐ)
機體 / 机体 (jītǐ)
活物 (huówù)
生物體 / 生物体 (shēngwùtǐ)

(biology): 生物學／生物学 (shēngwùxué)

Antonyms

死物 (sǐwù)

Adjective

生物

(attributive) biological; bio-

Derived terms

原核生物 (yuánhé shēngwù)
原生生物 (yuánshēng shēngwù)
古生物 (gǔshēngwù)
古生物學 / 古生物学 (gǔshēngwùxué)
寄生物 (jìshēngwù)
底棲生物 / 底栖生物
廣食性生物 / 广食性生物
微生物 (wēishēngwù)
海洋生物
浮游生物 (fúyóu shēngwù)
生物化學 / 生物化学 (shēngwù huàxué)
生物危害 (shēngwù wēihài)
生物危險 / 生物危险 (shēngwù wēixiǎn)
生物合成 (shēngwù héchéng)
生物因子
生物圈 (shēngwùquān)
生物地理學 / 生物地理学 (shēngwù dìlǐxué)
生物多樣性 / 生物多样性 (shēngwù duōyàngxìng)
生物學 / 生物学 (shēngwùxué)
生物工程 (shēngwù gōngchéng)
生物戰 / 生物战
生物時鐘 / 生物时钟
生物武器 (shēngwù wǔqì)
生物永生 (shēngwù yǒngshēng)
生物治療 / 生物治疗 (shēngwù zhìliáo)
生物潛能 / 生物潜能
生物物理 (shēngwù wùlǐ)
生物物理學 / 生物物理学 (shēngwù wùlǐxué)
生物界
生物相 (shēngwùxiāng)
生物科技 (shēngwù kējì)
生物群 (shēngwùqún)
生物群聚
生物能 (shēngwùnéng)
生物能源 (shēngwù néngyuán)
生物製劑 / 生物制剂 (shēngwù zhìjì)
生物質能 / 生物质能 (shēngwù zhìnéng)
生物量 (shēngwùliàng)
生物鐘 / 生物钟 (shēngwùzhōng)
生物防治 (shēngwù fángzhì)
生物降解 (shēngwù jiàngjiě)
生物降解性 (shēngwù jiàngjiěxìng)
生物降解能力 (shēngwù jiàngjiě nénglì)
生物電流 / 生物电流
生物食品
生物體 / 生物体 (shēngwùtǐ)
生物鹼 / 生物碱 (shēngwùjiǎn)
真核生物 (zhēnhé shēngwù)
非生物界
餌料生物 / 饵料生物

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生物):

→ Japanese: 生物(せいぶつ) (seibutsu)
→ Korean: 생물(生物) (saengmul)
→ Vietnamese: sinh vật (生物)

Rime
Character	生	物
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	所庚切	文弗切
Baxter	sraeng	mjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠæŋ/	/mɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚaŋ/	/miut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃaŋ/	/miuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjŋ/	/mut̚/
Li Rong	/ʃɐŋ/	/miuət̚/
Wang Li	/ʃɐŋ/	/mĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂɐŋ/	/mi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang¹	mat⁶

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	生	物
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēng	wù
Middle Chinese	‹ sræng ›	‹ mjut ›
Old Chinese	/sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or s.reŋ ?)	/*C.mut/
English	bear, be born; live	thing
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	物
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	11312	13218
Phonetic component	生	勿
Rime group	耕	物
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	生	物
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːŋ/	/*mɯd/

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