終身

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See also: 终身

Chinese

end; finish
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
trad. (終身) 終 身
simp. (终身) 终 身

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 終 身
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 職戎切 失人切
Baxter tsyuwng syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨuŋ/ /ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiuŋ/ /ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕiuŋ/ /ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cuwŋ/ /ɕin/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiuŋ/ /ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭuŋ/ /ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯uŋ/ /ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhōng shēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung1 san1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 終 身
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhōng shēn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyuwng › ‹ syin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tuŋ/ /*n̥i/
English end body; self

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 終 身
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2428 11247
Phonetic
component 		冬 身
Rime
group 		終 眞
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		終 申
Old
Chinese 		/*tjuŋ/ /*qʰjin/
Notes 甲金文象人鼓其腹，
表其身有孕，非申聲

Noun

終身

  1. all one's life; one's lifetime
    終身教育／终身教育  ―  zhōngshēn jiàoyù  ―  lifelong education
    終身職位／终身职位  ―  zhōngshēn zhíwèi  ―  tenure

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (終身):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終 身
しゅう
Grade: 3 		しん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

終(しゅう)身(しん) • (shūshin) 

  1. a lifetime, a whole life
    終身(しゅうしん)雇用(こよう)の廃止(はいし)
    shūshin koyō no haishi
    abolition of lifetime employment

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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