往生

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (往生)		往	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): óng-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁵ sang¹
  - Yale: wóhng sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: óng-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

往生

(Buddhism) to be reborn; to live in paradise
(euphemistic) to die

Derived terms

往生咒 (wǎngshēngzhòu)

往生論／往生论

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (往生):

→ Japanese: 往 (おう)生 (じょう) (ōjō)
→ Korean: 왕생 (往生, wangsaeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
往	生
おう Grade: 5	しょう > じょう Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

往生 (hiragana おうじょう, rōmaji ōjō)

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