此生

Chinese

		this; these	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (此生)		此	生
simp. #(此生)		此	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǐshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² sang¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): co³ seng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǐshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhsheng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ³-shêng¹
    • Yale: tsž-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyysheng
    • Palladius: цышэн (cyšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² sang¹
    • Yale: chí sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: co³ seng¹ [Phonetic: co⁵ seng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ɬɛŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: co³ seng¹ [Phonetic: co⁵ seng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵ³³²⁻²¹ ɬɛŋ⁵³³/

Noun

此生

1. this life; (in) my life
2. (Puxian Min) this person

Synonyms

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• 今世 (jīnshì)
• 今生 (jīnshēng)
• 現世 / 现世 (xiànshì)
• 这一輩子 (zhè yī bèizi)

 

Derived terms

• 不枉此生
• 不虛此生 / 不虚此生

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “此生”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 106.