生涯

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	border; horizon; shore
simp. and trad. (生涯)		生	涯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngyá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ngaai⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sng-gâi / seng-gâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēngyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengya
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ ngaai⁴
  - Yale: sāng ngàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ngaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ ngai⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋäːi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-gâi
  - Tâi-lô: sng-gâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: snggaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ gaɪ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-gâi
  - Tâi-lô: sing-gâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senggaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² gaɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ gaɪ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ gaɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² gaɪ¹³/

Noun

生涯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	涯
しょう Grade: 1	がい Grade: S

Etymology

/syaugai/ → /syoːgai/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

生涯 (hiragana しょうがい, rōmaji shōgai, historical hiragana しゃうがい)

the interval when one is alive; a lifetime
a specific period within one's life
a life

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