生涯

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Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	border; horizon; shore
simp. and trad. (生涯)		生	涯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngyá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ngaai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-gâi / seng-gâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengyá
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ya²
  - Yale: shēng-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengya
  - Palladius: шэнъя (šɛnʺja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ ngaai⁴
  - Yale: sāng ngàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ngaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ ngai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-gâi
  - Tâi-lô: sng-gâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: snggaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ ɡai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-gâi
  - Tâi-lô: sing-gâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senggaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai¹³/

Noun

生涯

career; livelihood
軍旅生涯／军旅生涯 ― jūnlǚ shēngyá ― army life

Synonyms

世故 (shìgù) (archaic)
生活 (shēnghuó)
生產 / 生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
生計 / 生计 (shēngjì)
生路 (shēnglù)
飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn) (figurative, informal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	涯
しょう Grade: 1	がい Grade: S

Etymology

/syaugai/ → /syoːgai/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

生(しょう)涯(がい) • (shōgai) ^{←しゃうがい (syaugai)^?}

the interval when one is alive; a lifetime
a specific period within one's life
a life

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	涯

Noun

生涯 • (saeng'ae) (hangeul 생애)

hanja form^? of 생애 (“lifetime”)

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