長生

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See also: 长生

Chinese

long
forever 		life
lived
trad. (長生) 長 生
simp. (长生) 长 生
anagram 生長／生长

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 長 生 生
Reading # 1/3 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 生 (21) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 庚 (109) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III II II
Fanqie 直良切 所庚切 所敬切
Baxter drjang sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨɐŋ/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiɐŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiɑŋ/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖɨaŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiaŋ/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭaŋ/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯aŋ/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cháng shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		coeng4 sang1 sang3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 長 生 生 生
Reading # 1/2 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cháng shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ drjang › ‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə--traŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English long (adj.) bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; live

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 長 生 生
Reading # 2/3 1/2 2/2
No. 1276 11312 11322
Phonetic
component 		長 生 生
Rime
group 		陽 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		長 生 生
Old
Chinese 		/*daŋ/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/

Verb

長生

  1. (literary) to live forever; to have longevity

Derived terms

Noun

長生

  1. (dialectal Hakka, Teochew, euphemistic) coffin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 棺材 (“coffin”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 棺, 木, 棺木
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 棺材, 棺木, 壽材 †
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 棺材, 材
Taiwan 棺材
Harbin 棺材, 壽材 †
Singapore 棺材
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 棺材, 壽材 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 棺材, 壽材 †
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 棺材, 坷漏
Wanrong 壽木 †
Xi'an 枋, 棺子, 棺材, 材, 壽材 †
Xining 棺材, 棺木, 壽材 †
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 棺材, 壽板 †, 壽材 †
Ürümqi 棺材, 壽材 †
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 棺材, 枋子, 壽枋 †, 壽木 †
Wuhan 棺材, 壽木 †
Guiyang 木頭, 大木, 材子, 老家 †, 大老家 †, 壽木 †
Guilin 棺材
Liuzhou 棺木, 棺材, 四塊半, 壽枋 †, 壽板 †, 長生板 †
Dagudi (Maliba) 棺材
Reshuitang (Longling) 棺材
Mae Salong (Lancang) 棺材, 壽木 †
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 棺材
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 棺材, 四塊板, 壽材 †
Yangzhou 棺材, 壽材 †
Hefei 棺材
Cantonese Guangzhou 棺材, 四塊半, 四塊板, 四方竇, 長生板, 壽板
Hong Kong 棺材, 四塊半, 長生板, 壽板
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 棺材, 壽板
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 棺材
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 棺材
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 棺材
Macau 棺材, 壽板
Guangzhou (Panyu) 棺材
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 棺材
Guangzhou (Conghua) 棺材
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 棺材
Foshan 棺材
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 棺材
Foshan (Shunde) 棺材
Foshan (Sanshui) 棺材
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 棺材
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 棺材
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 壽木
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 棺材
Zhuhai (Doumen) 棺材
Jiangmen (Baisha) 棺材
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 棺材
Taishan 棺材
Kaiping (Chikan) 木, 棺材
Enping (Niujiang) 棺材
Heshan (Yayao) 棺材
Dongguan 棺材, 四塊半, 木訥, 壽材 †, 壽方 †
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 棺材
Yangjiang 棺材
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 棺材, 四塊半, 壽板
Singapore (Guangfu) 棺材
Gan Nanchang 棺材, 壽材 †
Lichuan 棺材, 壽木 †, 壽材 †
Pingxiang 棺材, 長生, 料, 壽樹 †
Hakka Meixian 棺材, 棺木, 長生板, 壽材
Xingning 長生
Dabu (Xihe) 棺材, 壽枋
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 棺材
Huiyang 棺材, 長生
Huidong (Daling) 長生, 大屋
Dongguan (Qingxi) 棺材
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 棺材
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 棺材
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 棺材
Wuhua (Huacheng) 棺材
Wuhua (Changbu) 棺材
Wuhua (Mianyang) 棺材
Heyuan (Bendihua) 棺材
Wengyuan 木頭
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 木頭
Liannan 壽棺材
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 棺材
Jiexi 長生大屋, 長生板
Luhe 棺材
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 棺木
Changting 壽木
Wuping 木頭
Wuping (Yanqian) 棺木, 福板
Wuping (Pingyu) 長生木
Liancheng 木頭
Ninghua 壽木, 老屋, 壽具, 蓄樹
Yudu 棺材, 壽床, 老屋, 壽木 †
Ningdu 萬年床
Ruijin 壽櫃
Shicheng 壽木
Shangyou (Shexi) 壽木
Tonggu (Sandu) 壽材
Ganzhou (Panlong) 壽木
Dayu 壽木
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 棺材, 大壽 ‡, 大屋 ‡
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 棺材, 壽 ‡, 大屋 ‡
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 棺材, 壽記 ‡
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 棺材, 大壽 ‡, 大屋 ‡
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 棺材, 大屋 ‡
Hong Kong 棺材, 壽房
Yangxi (Tangkou) 棺材
Yangchun (Sanjia) 長生
Xinyi (Sihe) 棺材
Xinyi (Qianpai) 棺材
Gaozhou (Xindong) 棺材
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 棺材
Huazhou (Xin'an) 棺材
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 長生, 壽板
Lianjiang (Qingping) 棺材
Mengshan (Xihe) 壽
Luchuan 壽木
Sabah (Longchuan) 棺材
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 棺材, 壽板, 棺木
Senai (Huiyang) 棺材, 四塊半, 長生板
Senai (Hepo) 棺材
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 棺樵, 大屋
Singkawang 棺材
Huizhou Jixi 棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽木 †
Jin Taiyuan 棺材, 壽材 †, 壽木 †
Xinzhou 棺材, 壽器 †, 大頭 †
Northern Min Jian'ou 棺木, 四塊板
Eastern Min Fuzhou 棺材, 棺木, 壽板 †
Southern Min Xiamen 棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴, 大厝 dated
Quanzhou 棺柴, 棺, 壽柴
Jinjiang 壽板, 老壽
Yongchun 棺柴
Zhangzhou 棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴
Taipei 棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
Taipei (Wanhua) 棺柴
New Taipei (Tamsui) 棺柴, 大壽 ‡
New Taipei (Sanxia) 棺柴, 壽板 ‡
New Taipei (Pingxi) 棺柴
Kaohsiung 棺柴, 壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
Yilan 棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
Changhua (Lukang) 棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡
Taichung 棺柴, 棺木 ‡
Taichung (Wuqi) 棺柴
Tainan 棺柴, 板仔, 大厝 ‡, 壽板 ‡, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡
Taitung 棺柴
Hsinchu 棺柴, 大壽 ‡
Kinmen 棺柴, 壽板 ‡, 壽枋 ‡, 大厝 ‡, 棺木 ‡
Penghu (Magong) 棺柴, 壽 ‡
Singapore (Hokkien) 棺柴, 大厝
Manila (Hokkien) 棺柴, 棺
Chaozhou 棺柴
Shantou 棺柴, 大厝, 長生
Shantou (Chenghai) 棺柴
Jieyang 棺柴, 大厝
Haifeng 棺柴
Bangkok (Teochew) 棺柴, 大厝
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 大厝, 四個半
Singapore (Teochew) 棺柴
Haikou 棺材, 壽板 †
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 棺材
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 棺材, 四塊半, 四合板, 壽木 †, 壽板 †
Wu Shanghai 棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 †
Shanghai (Chongming) 棺材, 材, 壽材 †
Suzhou 棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 †
Danyang 棺材, 壽材 †
Hangzhou 棺材, 壽材 †
Ningbo 棺材, 壽材 †
Wenzhou 棺材, 枋
Jinhua 棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽屋 †
Xiang Changsha 棺材, 料, 棺木, 壽枋 †
Loudi 棺材, 料, 長生 †, 壽器 †
Shuangfeng 木, 大料
Note † - prepared before one's death; ‡ - elegant name

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (長生):
  • → Japanese: 長(ちょう)生(せい) (chōsei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長 生
ちょう
Grade: 2 		せい
Grade: 1
kan'on

Noun

長(ちょう)生(せい) • (chōsei) ←ちやうせい (tyausei)?

  1. longevity
    Synonym: 長生き (nagaiki)
    不(ふ)老(ろう)長(ちょう)生(せい) ― furōchōsei ― perennial youth (literally, “unageing longevity”)

Verb

長(ちょう)生(せい)する • (chōsei suru) ←ちやうせい (tyausei)?intransitive suru (stem 長(ちょう)生(せい)し (chōsei shi), past 長(ちょう)生(せい)した (chōsei shita))

  1. to live for a long time
    Synonym: 長生きする (nagaiki suru)

See also

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
長生

Verb

長生

  1. chữ Hán form of trường sinh (“longevity”)
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