適者生存

See also: 适者生存

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)	to live; to exist; to subsist to live; to exist; to subsist; to survive
trad. (適者生存)		適	者	生存
simp. (适者生存)		适	者	生存

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzhě shēngcún

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ ze² sang¹ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzhě shēngcún
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjhě shengcún
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chê³ shêng¹-tsʻun²
    • Yale: shr̀-jě shēng-tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjee shengtswen
    • Palladius: шичжэ шэнцунь (šičžɛ šɛncunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ ze² sang¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: sīk jé sāng chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dze² sang¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ zé² seng¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 適者生存

1. survival of the fittest

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
適	者	生	存
てき Grade: 5	しゃ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 1	ぞん Grade: 6

Alternative spelling
適者生存 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

適 adapted + 者 one + 生存 survives

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞kʲiɕa̠ se̞ːzõ̞ɴ]

Noun

適(てき)者(しゃ)生(せい)存(ぞん) • (tekisha seizon) 

1. the survival of the fittest

Related terms

• 進化
• ダーウィニズム
• 自然淘汰