人生

Chinese

		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)		人	生
anagram		生人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-seng / lîn-sng / jîn-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ring⁵ sêng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-sen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsheng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shêng¹
    • Yale: rén-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rensheng
    • Palladius: жэньшэн (žɛnʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: yàhn sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-seng
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /lin²⁴⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-sng
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /lin²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-seng
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinsefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ring⁵ sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jîng seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-sen
    • MiniDict: zen^去 sen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-sen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² sən⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyin sraeng|sraengH

Rime
Character	人	生	生
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II	II
Fanqie	如鄰切	所庚切	所敬切
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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 人生

1. 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

   人生嘅真諦／人生嘅真谛 [Cantonese]  ―  jan⁴ sang¹ ge³ zan¹ dai³ [Jyutping]  ―  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. [Pinyin]

   No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.

Synonyms

• (literary) 人世 (rénshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人生):

• → Japanese: 人生(じんせい) (jinsei)
• → Korean: 인생(人生) (insaeng)
• → Vietnamese: nhân sinh (人生)

See also

• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 生命 (shēngmìng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	生
じん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 人生 (ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ).

Noun

人(じん)生(せい) • (jinsei) 

1. life

   それが人生(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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 芸術(げいじゅつ)は長(なが)く人生(じんせい)は短(みじか)し (geijutsu wa nagaku jinsei wa mijikashi, “ars longa, vita brevis”)
• 人生意気(じんせいいき)に感(かん)ず (jinsei iki ni kanzu)
• 人生観(じんせいかん) (jinseikan)
• 人生訓(じんせいくん) (jinseikun)
• 人生劇場(じんせいげきじょう) (jinsei gekijō)
• 人生行路(じんせいこうろ) (jinsei kōro)
• 人生行路難(じんせいこうろかた)し (jinsei kōro katashi)
• 人生七十古来稀(じんせいしちじゅうこらいまれ)なり (jinsei shichijū korai marenari)
• 人生朝露(じんせいちょうろ)の如(ごと)し (jinsei chōro no gotoshi)
• 人生哲学(じんせいてつがく) (jinsei tetsugaku)
• 人生(じんせい)のための芸術(げいじゅつ) (jinsei no tame no geijutsu)
• 人生派(じんせいは) (jinseiha)
• 人生模様(じんせいもよう) (jinsei moyō)
• 人生論(じんせいろん) (jinseiron)
• 人生僅(じんせいわず)か五十年(ごじゅうねん) (jinsei wazuka gojūnen)
• 自然(しぜん)と人生(じんせい) (shizen to jinsei)
• 実人生(じつじんせい) (jitsujinsei)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
人	生

Noun

人生 • (insaeng) (hangeul 인생)

1. Hanja form^? of 인생 (“life”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人	生

Noun

人生

1. Template:han tu form of