一生

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (一生)		一	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sên
Min Nan (POJ): it-sng / it-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yīshēng [Phonetic: yìshēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: isheng
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    一聲／一声
    醫生／医生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ sang¹
  - Yale: yāt sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ sen¹
  - IPA: /it̚² sen²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ sen¹
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-sng
  - Tâi-lô: it-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-seng
  - Tâi-lô: it-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itsefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

一生

lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life
- 劉德華, 你是我一生中最大的驕傲
  你已成為我一生中最偉大的驕傲 [MSC, trad.]
  你已成为我一生中最伟大的骄傲 [MSC, simp.]
  nǐ yǐ chéngwèi wǒ yīshēng zhōng zuì wěidà de jiāo'ào [Pinyin]
  You've become the greatest source of pride in my life

Synonyms

Synonyms of 一生

一世 (yīshì)
一世人 (Cantonese, Min Nan)
一生一世 (yīshēngyīshì)
一輩子／一辈子 (yībèizi) (colloquial)
平生 (píngshēng)
沒世／没世 (mòshì)

生平 (shēngpíng)
畢生／毕生 (bìshēng)
終生／终生 (zhōngshēng)
終身／终身 (zhōngshēn)
規世人／规世人 (Min Nan)

Derived terms

一死一生
一生一世 (yīshēngyīshì)
一生受用不盡／一生受用不尽 (yīshēng shòuyòng bùjìn)
一生喫著不盡／一生喫著不尽
九死一生 (jiǔsǐyīshēng)

十死一生
百死一生
萬死一生／万死一生
註孤生／注孤生 (zhùgūshēng)

Japanese

Noun

Kanji in this term
一	生
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

一生 (hiragana いっしょう, rōmaji isshō)

a lifetime, one's whole life
- 一生の仕事
  いっしょうのしごと
  isshō no shigoto
  one's life's work
- 汚れた一生を送る
  けがれたいっしょうをおくる
  kegareta isshō o okuru
  lead a sinful (dirty) life

Idioms

一 (いっ)生 (しょう)を棒 (ぼう)に振 (ふ)る (isshō o bō ni furu, “ruin one's life”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

一生不犯
一生懸命
一生涯
一生面

万死一生
九死一生
後生一生

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
一	生
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

一生 (hiragana いっせい, rōmaji Issei)

A male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
一	生

Noun

一生 • (ilsaeng) (hangeul 일생)

Hanja form^? of 일생 (“a lifetime, one's whole life”).

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