永遠

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Chinese[edit]

forever; always; perpetual(ly) far; distant; remote
trad. (永遠)
simp. (永远)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (35) (35)
Final () (112) (66)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjwaengX hjwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠwiæŋX/ /ɦʉɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚiaŋX/ /ɦʷiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuaŋX/ /ɣiuɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwiajŋX/ /ɦuanX/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐŋX/ /ɣiuɐnX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐŋX/ /ɣĭwɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐŋX/ /i̯wɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǒng yuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wing5 jyun5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǒng yuǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwængX › ‹ hjwonX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷraŋʔ/ /*C.ɢʷanʔ/
English long (time) far

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 15423 16226
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷraŋʔ/ /*ɢʷanʔ/

Adverb[edit]

永遠

  1. forever; always; permanently
    永遠相愛永远相爱  ―  yǒngyuǎn xiàng'ài  ―  love each other forever
    莊家永遠贏家 [MSC, trad.]
    庄家永远赢家 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhuāngjiā yǒngyuǎn shì yíngjiā. [Pinyin]
    The house always wins.
    我們大門永遠敞開 [MSC, trad.]
    我们大门永远敞开 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen de dàmén yǒngyuǎn xiàng nǐ chǎngkāi. [Pinyin]
    Our door is always open to you.
    人生永遠沒有開始 [MSC, trad.]
    人生永远没有开始 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ. [Pinyin]
    No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.
    如果沒有捐助的話小孩永遠失明 [MSC, trad.]
    如果没有捐助的话小孩永远失明 [MSC, simp.]
    Rúguǒ méiyǒu rén juānzhù dehuà, zhè ge xiǎohái jiù huì yǒngyuǎn shīmíng. [Pinyin]
    If no one offers assistance this kid will become permanently blind.

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Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

永遠

  1. eternity
    相愛永遠相爱永远  ―  xiàng'ài dào yǒngyuǎn  ―  love each other forever

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (永遠):

Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 5
えん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(えい)(えん) (eienえいゑん (eiwen)?

  1. eternity

Adjective[edit]

(えい)(えん) (eienえいゑん (eiwen)?-na (adnominal (えい)(えん) (eien na), adverbial (えい)(えん) (eien ni))

  1. forever, eternal

Inflection[edit]

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Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
Grade: 5 Grade: 2
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 永遠 – see the following entry.
とわ
[adjective] constant, permanent, everlasting
[noun] eternity
[noun] constancy, permanence, everlastingness
Alternative spellings
永久,
(This term, 永遠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

永遠 (yeong'won) (hangeul 영원)

  1. Hanja form? of 영원 (eternity).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective[edit]

永遠

  1. chữ Hán form of vĩnh viễn (everlasting; long-lasting; permanent; for ever).