生老病死
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Chinese
[edit]to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid | ||
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trad. (生老病死) | 生 | 老 | 病 | 死 | |
simp. #(生老病死) | 生 | 老 | 病 | 死 |
Etymology
[edit]From the four sights of human existence encountered by the young Buddha, which motivated his desire to end human suffering.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄙˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shenglǎobìngsǐh
- Wade–Giles: shêng1-lao3-ping4-ssŭ3
- Yale: shēng-lǎu-bìng-sž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenglaobinqsyy
- Palladius: шэнлаобинсы (šɛnlaobinsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sang1 lou5 beng6 sei2
- Yale: sāng lóuh behng séi
- Cantonese Pinyin: sang1 lou5 beng6 sei2
- Guangdong Romanization: seng1 lou5 béng6 séi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ pɛːŋ²² sei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]生老病死
- (originally Buddhism) to be born, to get old, to become ill and to die; fate of humankind; mortality
Descendants
[edit]Sino-Xenic (生老病死):
- → Japanese: 生老病死 (shōrōbyōshi)
- → Korean: 생로병사(生老病死) (saengnobyeongsa)
- → Vietnamese: sinh lão bệnh tử (生老病死)
See also
[edit]- Thai: เกิดแก่เจ็บตาย
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |||
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生 | 老 | 病 | 死 |
Noun
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