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人生

人生

Chinese

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

Noun

人生

  1. life (i.e. human life)
    人生真諦 / 人生真谛   rénshēng de zhēndì   the true meaning of life
    人生真諦 / 人生真谛 [Cantonese]   jan4 sang1 ge3 zan1 dai3 [Jyutping]   the true meaning of life

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Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人生):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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, romaji jinsei)

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

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  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 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

人生 (insaeng) (hangeul 인생)

  1. Hanja form? of 인생, “life”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

人生

  1. Hán tự form of nhân sinh, “life