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

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: yun³ sen¹
  - 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

to live forever; to be immortal

Synonyms

不朽 (bùxiǔ)
不死 (bùsǐ)
永存 (yǒngcún)

Noun

永生

(religion) eternal life; immortality
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)

(religion) eternal life; immortality

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