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人生じんせい

Chinese

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man; person; people
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
simp. and trad.
(人生じんせい) 		人ひと 生せい
alternative forms 儂わし生せい／侬生 Teochew
anagram 生なま人ひと

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 人ひと 生せい 生せい
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲こえ) 日ひ (38) 生せい (21) 生せい (21)
Final (韻いん) 眞しん (43) 庚かのえ (109) 庚かのえ (109)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい) Open Open Open
Division (等ひとし) III II II
Fanqie 如鄰切きり 所ところ庚かのえ切きり 所ところ敬けい切きり
Baxter nyin sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪn/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵin/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjen/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵin/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiĕn/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭĕn/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rén shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jan4 sang1 sang3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 人ひと 生せい 生せい 生せい
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		rén shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyin › ‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ni[ŋ]/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English (other) person 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. *[t] 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 人ひと 生せい 生せい
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 10800 11312 11322
Phonetic
component 		人ひと 生せい 生せい
Rime
group 		眞しん 耕こう 耕こう
Rime
subdivision 		1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		仁ひとし 生せい 生せい
Old
Chinese 		/*njin/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/

Noun

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人生じんせい

  1. life (i.e. human life) (Classifier: 段だん m)
    人生じんせい的てき真諦しんたい／人生じんせい的てき真ま谛  ―  rénshēng de zhēndì  ―  the true meaning of life
    璀璨人生じんせい  ―  cuǐcàn rénshēng  ―  splendid life
    人生じんせい道理どうり  ―  rénshēng dàolǐ  ―  philosophies of life
    懷疑かいぎ人生じんせい／怀疑人生じんせい  ―  huáiyí rénshēng  ―  to want to give up on life
    人生じんせい的てき十字路じゅうじろ口こう  ―  rénshēng de shízìlùkǒu  ―  crossroads of life
    科學かがく的てき人生じんせい態度たいど／科学かがく的てき人生じんせい态度  ―  kēxué de rénshēng tàidù  ―  scientific attitude to life
    人生じんせい嘅真諦しんたい／人生じんせい嘅真ま谛 [Cantonese]  ―  jan4 sang1 ge3 zan1 dai3 [Jyutping]  ―  the true meaning of life
    人生じんせい永遠えいえん沒ぼつ有ゆう太ふとし晚ばん的てき開始かいし。 [MSC, trad.]
    人生じんせい永えい远没ぼつ有ゆう太ふとし晚ばん的てき开始。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ. [Pinyin]
    No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (人生じんせい):

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
人ひと 生せい
じん
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 人生じんせい (ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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人ひと(じん)生せい(せい) • (jinsei) 

  1. life
    それが人生じんせい(じんせい)
    sore ga jinsei
    such is life
  2. Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.

Usage notes

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人生じんせい 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:

  • 生活せいかつ (seikatsu, “life”): Day-to-day life as it is experienced; lifestyle; one's usual activities, habits, and routines.
  • 生存せいぞん (seizon, “life”): Action involved in staying alive, as in "signs of life".
  • 命いのち (inochi, “life”): The state of being alive, an animating force, or life as a whole (from birth to death).
  • 生命せいめい (seimei, “life”): Biological life in general, particularly in scientific contexts.
  • 存在そんざい (sonzai, “life”): Being; either the state of existing or a thing that exists.
  • 寿命じゅみょう (jumyō, “life”): Lifespan or life expectancy.
  • 残ざん機き (zanki, “life”): A video-game life; a chance to play.
  • 元気げんき (genki, “life”): Liveliness.

Derived terms

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Derived terms

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [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

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Hanja in this term
人ひと生せい

Noun

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人生じんせい • (insaeng) (hangeul 인생)

  1. hanja form? of 인생 (“life”)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人ひと生せい

Noun

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人生じんせい

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân sinh (“life”).
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