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產: to give birth; produce; property

By October 28, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

產 [铭] chǎn

noun
: to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; bring forth
: product; resource
: estate; property

Kun Reading

産 | うぶ ubu

noun | na-adjective | no-adjective
: innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears
: (Noun prefix) birth-

産む | うむ umu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to give birth; to deliver; to produce

産み | うみ umi

noun
: production; bringing into the world; (physical) birth

産す | むす musu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb
: to grow (of moss, etc.)

産す | さんす sansu

godan verb with su ending | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産する | さんする sansuru

suru verb – special class, | intransitive verb | transitive verb
: to bear (a child); to be born
: to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded

産れる | うまれる umareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be born

On Reading

産 | さん san

noun
: (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
: native of; product of
: assets; property; fortune

 Usage:

產[产]品 chan3pin3: goods; merchandise; product
[産品 | さんぴん sanpin: products]
產[产]生 chan3sheng1: to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate; to appear; appearance; emergence; generation; production; yield
[産生 | さんせい sansei: production]
產[产]量 chan3liang4: output [産量 | さんりょう sanryou: output]
產[产]值 chan3zhi2: value of output; output value
產[产]物 chan3wu4: product; result (of) [産物 | さんぶつ sanbutsu: product; result; fruit]
生產[产] sheng1chan3: to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
[生産 | せいさん seisan: production; manufacture OR せいざん seizan: live birth]
財產 [财产] cai2chan3: property; assets; estate[財産 | ざいさん zaisan: property; fortune; assets]
遺產 [遗产] yi2chan3: heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest
[遺産 | いさん isan: inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage]
破產[产] po4chan3: to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy
[破産 | はさん hasan: bankruptcy; insolvency]
礦產 [矿产] kuang4chan3: minerals
土產[产] tu3chan3: produced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)
土産 | みやげ miyage: present; souvenir
OR
 
土産 | とさん tosan: product of the land
: present; souvenir



Japanese common word | expression | idiom | proverb
産を成す | さんをなす san o nasu
: to amass a fortune

冥土の土産 | めいどのみやげ meido no miyage
: pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

財産を食い潰す | ざいさんをくいつぶす zaisan o kui tsubusu
: to run through one’s fortune (in idleness)

破産を申請する | はさんをしんせいする hasan o shinsei suru
: to file for bankruptcy

案ずるより産むが易し | あんずるよりうむがやすし anzuru yori umu ga yasushi
: (proverb) it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
聯產到組 [联产到组] lian2 chan3 dao4 zu3
: pay remuneration according to output

傾家蕩產 [倾家荡产] qing1 jia1 dang4 chan3
: to lose a family fortune

 Etymology:


產 chan3: give birth, bring forth, produce =
wen2: literature, culture, language +
厂 chang3: factory, workshop; radical 27
生 sheng1: life, living, lifetime; birth



簡體簡體 Simplified.
产 . Created as generic character simplification #11 (産 » 产) via omission of part of the traditional character.



 Examples:

流産はとても辛い経験です。
りゅうざんはとてもつらいけいけんです ryuuzan wa totemo tsurai keiken desu
Miscarriage is a heart-breaking experience.

 
袋鼠產於澳大利亞。
dai4shu3 chan3yu2 ao4da4li4ya4
Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary