生死

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Chinese

to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
trad. (生死) 生 死
simp. #(生死) 生 死
anagram 死生

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 生 生 死
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 生 (21) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 庚 (109) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) II II III
Fanqie 所庚切 所敬切 息姊切
Baxter sraeng sraengH sijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/ /sˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/ /sᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/ /siɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/ /sjiX/
Li
Rong 		/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/ /sjiX/
Wang
Li 		/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/ /siX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/ /siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shēng shèng sǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sang1 sang3 si2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 生 生 死
Reading # 1/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shēng shēng sǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng › ‹ sijX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?) /*sijʔ/
English bear, be born; live bear, be born; live die (v.)

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 生 生 死
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 11312 11322 12006
Phonetic
component 		生 生 死
Rime
group 		耕 耕 脂
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		生 生 死
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/ /*hljiʔ/

Verb

生死

  1. to live and die
    這是關係到生死的大事。
    这是关系到生死的大事。
    Zhè shì guānxì dào shēngsǐ de dàshì.
    This is a matter of life and death.

Derived terms

Adjective

生死

  1. (attributive) life-and-death

Adverb

生死

  1. (Sichuanese) anyway

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 反正 (“anyway”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 長短
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 反正, 不管怎樣, 無論如何
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 反正, 橫豎, 橫直
Taiwan 反正, 橫豎
Singapore 反正
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 反正, 橫豎
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 反正
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 橫順, 橫豎, 左橫, 紅黑, 高矮, 生死
Wuhan 橫直
Guiyang 千急
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 反正
Hefei 反正, 橫豎
Cantonese Guangzhou 橫掂
Hong Kong 橫掂, 反正
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 橫掂
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 橫掂
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 橫掂
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 橫掂
Macau 橫掂
Guangzhou (Panyu) 橫掂
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 橫掂
Guangzhou (Conghua) 橫掂
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 反正
Foshan 橫掂
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 橫掂
Foshan (Shunde) 橫掂
Foshan (Sanshui) 橫掂
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 左右
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 橫掂
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 橫掂
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 橫掂
Zhuhai (Doumen) 橫掂
Jiangmen (Baisha) 橫掂
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 橫掂
Taishan 橫掂
Kaiping (Chikan) 橫掂
Enping (Niujiang) 橫掂
Heshan (Yayao) 橫掂
Dongguan 橫掂
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 反正
Yangjiang 橫掂
Nanning 橫直
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 橫掂
Gan Nanchang 橫直
Hakka Meixian 贏輸, 橫直, 橫正, 反正
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 橫掂
Huiyang 橫掂
Dongguan (Qingxi) 橫掂
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 反正
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 反正
Heyuan (Bendihua) 反正
Liannan 反正
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 橫掂, 反正
Jiexi 反正
Changting 橫直
Ninghua 反正
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 反正
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 反正
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 反正
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 反正
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 反正
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 橫直
Hong Kong 橫掂
Luchuan 反正
Senai (Huiyang) 反正
Jin Taiyuan 反正, 橫豎
Northern Min Jian'ou 橫直
Eastern Min Fuzhou 橫直, 好呆
Southern Min Xiamen 橫直, 根拄
Quanzhou 橫直
Yongchun 橫直
Zhangzhou 橫直, 生成
Dongshan 橫直
Tainan 橫直
Pingnan (Shangdu) 反正
Shantou 長短, 反正, 橫直
Shantou (Chaoyang) 正倒
Jieyang 長短, 正倒
Puning 反正, 正倒
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 反正
Leizhou 橫直
Puxian Min Putian 橫直
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 橫直
Xianyou 反正, 橫直
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 橫掂
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 橫直
Wu Shanghai 橫豎, 反正
Suzhou 橫豎, 橫道
Changzhou 橫縱, 橫豎
Wenzhou 橫直, 到老
Xiang Changsha 橫直, 橫去
Shuangfeng 橫直, 紅黑

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生 死
せい
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

生(せい)死(し) • (seishi) 

  1. life and death; dead or alive

Korean

Hanja in this term
生死

Noun

生死 • (saengsa) (hangeul 생사)

  1. hanja form? of 생사 (“life-and-death”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生死

Verb

生死

  1. chữ Hán form of sinh tử (“to live and die”)
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