WordTaiwan frequency #19,744
土生土長
ㄊㄨˇ ㄕㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ
“born and raised locally; native to a place from childhood”
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土
ㄊㄨˇ
Earth; soil; dirt; clay; ground; local; indigenous; crude; unsophisticated; a surname; one of the five elements; a radical.
生
ㄕㄥ
To grow, give birth, produce, or be born; to live or be alive; life; raw or uncooked; to arise or occur; student; a person's livelihood.
長
ㄓㄤˇ
long; length; elder; chief; leader; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance; to be good at; surplus; spare
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Words sharing these characters
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- 學生ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥstudent; schoolchild; learner; one who studies under a teacher; a polite self-reference by a learner or junior
- 生活ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊlife; daily existence; livelihood; the way one lives; circumstances of daily living
- 發生ㄈㄚ ㄕㄥto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out; to arise
- 先生ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥMr.; sir; gentleman; teacher; husband; (dated) scholar or Taoist priest
- 生命ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋlife; the condition of being alive; a living being; the duration of existence; vitality in creative works
- 市長ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇmayor; the elected or appointed head of a city's municipal government.
- 產生ㄔㄢˇ ㄕㄥto produce; to generate; to give rise to; to bring about; to arise; to come into being
- 成長ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄤˇto grow; to mature; growth (physical, mental, or economic)
- 人生ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥlife; a person's lifetime on earth; human existence; the course of one's life from birth to death
- 土地ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋland; soil; territory; ground with earth or dirt; local earth god; genius loci
- 長期ㄔㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊlong-term; for a protracted period; over an extended time
- 生產ㄕㄥ ㄔㄢˇto produce; to manufacture; to give birth; to earn a living through labor; in economics, human activity that creates or increases utility