生滅

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	extinguish
trad. (生滅)		生	滅
simp. (生灭)		生	灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngmiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ mit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengmiè
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-mieh⁴
    • Yale: shēng-myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengmieh
    • Palladius: шэнме (šɛnme)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ mit⁶
    • Yale: sāng miht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ mit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ mid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ miːt̚²/

Noun

生滅

1. (Buddhism) birth and death; appearance and disappearance; production and annihilation
2. (literary) life and death

Synonyms

• (life and death): 生死 (shēngsǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生滅):

• → Japanese: 生(しょう)滅(めつ) (shōmetsu)
• → Korean: 생멸(生滅) (saengmyeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	滅
しょう Grade: 1	めつ Grade: S
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーめつ [shòómétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːme̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

生(しょう)滅(めつ) • (shōmetsu) ^{←しやうめつ (syaumetu)?}

1. life and death

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	滅

Noun

生滅 • (saengmyeol) (hangeul 생멸)

1. Hanja form^? of 생멸 (“birth and death; appearance and disappearance; production and annihilation”).