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Chinese
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man; person; people
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
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simp. and trad. (人生)
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人
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生
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alternative forms
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儂生/侬生 Teochew
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anagram
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生人
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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人
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生
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生
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Initial (聲)
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日 (38)
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生 (21)
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生 (21)
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Final (韻)
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眞 (43)
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庚 (109)
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庚 (109)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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III
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II
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II
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Fanqie
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如鄰切
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所庚切
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所敬切
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Baxter
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nyin
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sraeng
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sraengH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/ȵiɪn/
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/ʃˠæŋ/
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/ʃˠæŋH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/ȵin/
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/ʃᵚaŋ/
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/ʃᵚaŋH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/ȵʑjen/
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/ʃaŋ/
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/ʃaŋH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/ȵin/
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/ʂaɨjŋ/
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/ʂaɨjŋH/
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Li Rong
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/ȵiĕn/
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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Wang Li
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/ȵʑĭĕn/
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/ʃɐŋ/
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/ʃɐŋH/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
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/ʂɐŋ/
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/ʂɐŋH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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rén
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shēng
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shèng
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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jan4
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sang1
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sang3
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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人
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生
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生
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生
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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rén
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shēng
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shēng
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shēng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nyin ›
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ srjæng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ni/
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/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)
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/*sreŋ/
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/*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
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English
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(other) person
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bear, be born; live
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fresh, raw
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bear, be born; live
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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人
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生
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生
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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10800
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11312
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11322
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Phonetic component
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人
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生
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生
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Rime group
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眞
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耕
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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1
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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仁
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生
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生
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Old Chinese
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/*njin/
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/*sʰleːŋ/
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/*sreŋs/
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Noun
人生
- life (i.e. human life) (Classifier: 段 m)
- 人生的真諦/人生的真谛 ― rénshēng de zhēndì ― the true meaning of life
- 璀璨人生 ― cuǐcàn rénshēng ― splendid life
- 人生道理 ― rénshēng dàolǐ ― philosophies of life
- 懷疑人生/怀疑人生 ― huáiyí rénshēng ― to want to give up on life
- 人生的十字路口 ― rénshēng de shízìlùkǒu ― crossroads of life
- 科學的人生態度/科学的人生态度 ― kēxué de rénshēng tàidù ― scientific attitude to life
- 人生嘅真諦/人生嘅真谛 [Cantonese] ― jan4 sang1 ge3 zan1 dai3 ― the true meaning of life
人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。 [MSC, trad.]
人生永远没有太晚的开始。 [MSC, simp.]- Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.
- No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- 生活 (shēnghuó)
- 生命 (shēngmìng)
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 人生 (ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ).
Pronunciation
Noun
人生 • (jinsei)
- life
- それが人生
- sore ga jinsei
- such is life
- Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.
Usage notes
人生 is distinct from several other Japanese words that may also be translated to English as "life". In particular, it means "a person's narrative, experience, and/or accomplishments from birth to death". Compare the terms below, which may also be rendered as "life" in English:
- 生活 (seikatsu, “life”): Day-to-day life as it is experienced; lifestyle; one's usual activities, habits, and routines.
- 生存 (seizon, “life”): Action involved in staying alive, as in "signs of life".
- 命 (inochi, “life”): The state of being alive, an animating force, or life as a whole (from birth to death).
- 生命 (seimei, “life”): Biological life in general, particularly in scientific contexts.
- 存在 (sonzai, “life”): Being; either the state of existing or a thing that exists.
- 寿命 (jumyō, “life”): Lifespan or life expectancy.
- 残機 (zanki, “life”): A video-game life; a chance to play.
- 元気 (genki, “life”): Liveliness.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
人生 • (insaeng) (hangeul 인생)
- hanja form? of 인생 (“life”)
Vietnamese
Noun
人生
- chữ Hán form of nhân sinh (“life”).