超生 [－－]

Jyutping ciu1 sang1
Pinyin chāo shēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy
  2. to be reincarnated
  3. to be lenient
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    佛教​中指​人死​後​投胎​做人
    to reincarnate
    • 阿松唔知做咗乜嘢衰嘢，俾人咒 佢死後永不超生。
      阿松唔知做咗乜嘢衰嘢，俾人咒 佢死后永不超生。
      aa3 cung4 mm4 zi1 zou6 zo2 mat1 je5 seoi1 je5，bei2 jan4 zau4 keoi5 sei2 hau6 wing5 bat1 ciu1 sang1。
      A-chung has done something bad. Someone cursed him saying that he will never reincarnate after he dies. (Note: In traditionally Buddhist cultures, including Cantonese culture, to be unable to reincarnate after death is regarded as a very bad fate.)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    to be merciful; to be lenient
  2. verb
    to exceed the stipulated family planning limit
  3. verb
    to be reincarnated
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
  1. 臺陸用法和差異
    「​超生​」​在​臺灣​常​用於​佛教​思想​中人​死​後​靈魂​投胎​轉世​，​或​指​寬容​的​放開​一條​生路​，​使​留存​性命​。​但​在​大陸​，​「​超生​」​特別​用於​計劃生育​中​，​指​超過​計劃生育​的​許可​標準​，​多生​子女​。
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    阿松唔知做咗乜嘢衰嘢，俾人咒 佢死后永不超生。
    阿松唔知做咗乜嘢衰嘢，俾人咒 佢死後永不超生。
    aa3 cung4 mm4 zi1 zou6 zo2 mat1 je5 seoi1 je5，bei2 jan4 zau4 keoi5 sei2 hau6 wing5 bat1 ciu1 sang1。
    • A-chung has done something bad. Someone cursed him saying that he will never reincarnate after he dies. (Note: In traditionally Buddhist cultures, including Cantonese culture, to be unable to reincarnate after death is regarded as a very bad fate.)