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生活

生活

Chinese

 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
simp. and trad.
(生活)

Noun

生活

  1. life (activities in life)
    生活節奏 / 生活节奏   shēnghuó jiézòu   pace of life
    豪華生活 / 豪华生活   háohuá shēnghuó   high life
    感覺自己生活無聊 [MSC, trad.]
    感觉自己生活无聊 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ gǎnjiào zìjǐ de shēnghuó hěn wúliáo. [Pinyin]
    I feel my life is boring.
  2. livelihood

Verb

生活

  1. to live; to exist

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生活):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1
かつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

生活 (hiragana せいかつ, romaji seikatsu)

  1. life; livelihood; daily living.

Usage notes

生活 is distinct from (いのち, inochi, life), because it refers to daily life and livelihood as it is experienced, whereas 命 refers to life as a whole (from birth to death), or as an abstract concept. Both are generally translated as life, however, as this distinction is not normally made in English.

Synonyms

Compounds

Verb

生活する (intransitive, hiragana せいかつする, romaji seikatsu suru)

  1. live a life

Conjugation

References

  1. 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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

生活 (saenghwal) (hangeul 생활)

  1. Hanja form? of 생활, “lifestyle, way of life, daily living”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

生活

  1. Hán tự form of sinh hoạt, “life