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研究生

研究生

Chinese

		to research; to study	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (研究生)		研究	生

Noun

研究生

graduate student; postgraduate student (i.e. at a level above an undergraduate degree)
graduate or postgraduate training

Japanese

Kanji in this term
研	究	生
けん Grade: 3	きゅう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

研究 kenkyū ("research") + 生 sei ("student; scholar")

Noun

研究生 ‎(hiragana けんきゅうせい, romaji kenkyūsei)

a research student (i.e. a visiting or non-matriculating graduate student)
a researcher

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yánjiūshēng, yánjiùshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡㄕㄥ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ gau³ saang¹
Min Nan (POJ): gián-kiù-sng / gián-kiù-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yánjiūshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjiousheng
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yánjiùshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjiowsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ gau³ saang¹
  - Yale: yìhn gau sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ gau³ saang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ kɐu̯³³ sɑːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gián-kiù-sng
  - Tâi-lô: gián-kiù-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giefnkiuosngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gián-kiù-seng
  - Tâi-lô: gián-kiù-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giefnkiuosefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /giɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /giɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/