人生

Chinese
man; person; people
 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad.
(人生)		 人 生
anagram 生人

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 人 生 生
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 生 (21) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 庚 (109) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III II II
Fanqie 如鄰切 所庚切 所敬切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiɪn/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵin/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑjen/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵin/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiĕn/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭĕn/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 rén shēng shèng

Noun

人生

  1. life (i.e. human life) (Classifier: 段 m)
    人生的真諦 / 人生的真谛  ―  rénshēng de zhēndì  ―  the true meaning of life
    璀璨人生  ―  cuǐcàn rénshēng  ―  splendid life
    人生道理  ―  rénshēng dàolǐ  ―  philosophies of life
    人生嘅真諦 / 人生嘅真谛 [Cantonese]  ―  jan4 sang1 ge3 zan1 dai3 [Jyutping]  ―  the true meaning of life
    人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。 [MSC, trad.]
    人生永远没有太晚的开始。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ. [Pinyin]
    No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms from 人生

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (人生):

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人 生
じん
Grade: 1		 せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 人生 (ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

人生 (hiragana じんせい, rōmaji jinsei)

  1. life
    それが人 (じん)生 (せい)
    sore ga jinsei
    such is life
  2. Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 芸術 (げいじゅつ)は長 (なが)く人 (じん)生 (せい)は短 (みじか)し (geijutsu wa nagaku jinsei wa mijikashi, “ars longa, vita brevis”)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)意 (い)気 (き)に感 (かん)ず (jinsei iki ni kanzu)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)観 (かん) (jinseikan)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)訓 (くん) (jinseikun)
  • 人生劇場 (じんせいげきじょう) (jinsei gekijō)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)行 (こう)路 (ろ) (jinsei kōro)
  • 人生行路難 (じんせいこうろかた)し (jinsei kōro katashi)
  • 人生七十古来稀 (じんせいしちじゅうこらいまれ)なり (jinsei shichijū korai marenari)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)朝 (ちょう)露 (ろ)の如 (ごと)し (jinsei chōro no gotoshi)
  • 人生哲学 (じんせいてつがく) (jinsei tetsugaku)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)のための芸術 (げいじゅつ) (jinsei no tame no geijutsu)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)派 (は) (jinseiha)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)模 (も)様 (よう) (jinsei moyō)
  • 人 (じん)生 (せい)論 (ろん) (jinseiron)
  • 人生僅 (じんせいわず)か五 (ご)十 (じゅう)年 (ねん) (jinsei wazuka gojūnen)
  • 自 (し)然 (ぜん)と人 (じん)生 (せい) (shizen to jinsei)
  • 実人生 (じつじんせい) (jitsujinsei)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
人生

Noun

人生 • (insaeng) (hangeul 인생)

  1. Hanja form? of 인생 (“life”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
人生

Noun

人生

  1. Hán tự form of nhân sinh (“life”).
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