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招生

招生

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (招生)		招	生

Noun

招生

student admissions
大學招生辦公室 / 大学招生办公室 ― dàxué zhāoshēng bàngōngshì ― university admissions office

Verb

招生

to recruit students
他負責招生。 / 他负责招生。 ― Tā fùzé zhāoshēng. ― He is responsible for recruiting students.

Etymology

Contraction of 招收 (zhāoshōu) and 新生 (xīnshēng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhāoshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): chio-sng / chio-seng / chiau-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhāoshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jausheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ sang¹
  - Yale: jīu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-sng
  - Tâi-lô: tsio-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioisngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-seng
  - Tâi-lô: tsio-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioisefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau-seng
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciausefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/