生存

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive
simp. and trad. (生存)		生	存

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngcún

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ cyun⁴ / saang¹ cyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chhùn / sên-sùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-chûn / seng-chûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngcún
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengcún
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tsʻun²
    • Yale: shēng-tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtswen
    • Palladius: шэнцунь (šɛncunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ cyun⁴ / saang¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: sāng chyùhn / sāang chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ tsyn⁴ / saang¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ qun⁴ / sang¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chhùn / sên-sùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ cunˇ / sen´ sunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ cun² / sen¹ sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹/, /sen²⁴ sun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: sng-tsûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngzuun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ t͡sun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tsûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengzuun
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

Verb

生存

1. to live; to exist
2. to subsist; to survive

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 生存

1. existence; life; basic living

   生存條件／生存条件  ―  shēngcún tiáojiàn  ―  conditions of existence

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	存
せい Grade: 1	ぞん Grade: 6

Noun

生(せい)存(ぞん) • (seizon) 

1. living, life

Verb

生(せい)存(ぞん)する • (seizon suru) intransitive suru (stem 生(せい)存(ぞん)し (seizon shi), past 生(せい)存(ぞん)した (seizon shita))

1. live, exist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生存する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	生存し	せいぞんし	seizon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	生存し	せいぞんし	seizon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	生存する	せいぞんする	seizon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	生存する	せいぞんする	seizon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	生存すれ	せいぞんすれ	seizon sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	生存せよ¹ 生存しろ²	せいぞんせよ¹ せいぞんしろ²	seizon seyo¹ seizon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	生存される	せいぞんされる	seizon sareru
Causative	生存させる 生存さす	せいぞんさせる せいぞんさす	seizon saseru seizon sasu
Potential	生存できる	せいぞんできる	seizon dekiru
Volitional	生存しよう	せいぞんしよう	seizon shiyō
Negative	生存しない	せいぞんしない	seizon shinai
Negative continuative	生存せず	せいぞんせず	seizon sezu
Formal	生存します	せいぞんします	seizon shimasu
Perfective	生存した	せいぞんした	seizon shita
Conjunctive	生存して	せいぞんして	seizon shite
Hypothetical conditional	生存すれば	せいぞんすれば	seizon sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
生	存

Noun

生存 • (saengjon) (hangeul 생존)

1. Hanja form^? of 생존 (“survival”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
生	存

Verb

生存

1. chữ Hán form of sinh tồn (“to survive”).