永生

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (永生)		永	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún-sên
• Eastern Min (BUC): īng-*sĕng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): éng-seng / éng-sng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³-shêng¹
    • Yale: yǔng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongsheng
    • Palladius: юншэн (junšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ sang¹
    • Yale: wíhng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun` sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun<sup>3</sup> sen<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹ sen²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun` sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ sen²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: īng-*sĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: íng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: íng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/

Verb

永生

1. to live forever; to be immortal

Synonyms

• 不朽 (bùxiǔ)
• 不死 (bùsǐ)
• 永存 (yǒngcún)

 

Noun

永生

1. (religion) eternal life; immortality
2. lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life

Synonyms

• (lifetime):

• 一世 (yīshì)
• 一生 (yīshēng)
• 一生一世 (yīshēngyīshì)
• 一輩子／一辈子 (yībèizi) (colloquial)
• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 平生 (píngshēng)
• 永世 (yǒngshì)
• 沒世／没世 (mòshì)
• 生平 (shēngpíng)
• 畢生／毕生 (bìshēng)
• 終生／终生 (zhōngshēng)
• 終身／终身 (zhōngshēn)
• 輩／辈 (bèi)
• 輩子／辈子 (bèizi)

 

Derived terms

• 永生永世
• 永生難忘／永生难忘
• 生物永生 (shēngwù yǒngshēng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	生
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

永(えい)生(せい) • (eisei)  (uncountable)

1. (religion) eternal life; immortality