返生

Chinese

		to return (to)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (返生)		返	生
variant forms		翻生 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ saang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-sâng

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ saang¹
  - Yale: fāan sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan` sang´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ sang¹
  - IPA: /fan³¹ saŋ²⁴/

Verb

返生

(Cantonese, Hakka) to be brought back to life; to be revived; to be resurrected

Derived terms

死過返生／死过返生

鹹魚返生／咸鱼返生

See also

鹹魚翻身／咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)

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