原生

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (原生)		原	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsheng
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-shêng¹
  - Yale: ywán-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuansheng
  - Palladius: юаньшэн (juanʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: yùhn sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

原生

(attributive) primordial

Derived terms

原生代 (Yuánshēngdài)
原生動物 / 原生动物 (yuánshēng dòngwù)
原生林 (yuánshēnglín)
原生植物
原生海岸
原生生物 (yuánshēng shēngwù)
原生礦物 / 原生矿物
原生質 / 原生质 (yuánshēngzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	生
げん Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

原(げん)生(せい) • (gensei)

pristine; primeval; virgin (not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations)