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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) 		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
    我感覺自己的生活很無聊。 [MSC, trad.]
    我感觉自己的生活很无聊。 [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
生 活
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 命 (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
生 活

Noun

生活 • ‎(saenghwal) ‎(hangeul 생활)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
生 活

Noun

生活

  1. Hán tự form of sinh hoạt, “life”

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 生 生 活 活
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 生 (21) 見 (28) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 庚 (109) 末 (64) 末 (64)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Closed
Division (等) II II I I
Fanqie 所庚切 所敬切 古活切 戸括切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/ /kuɑt̚/ /ɦuɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/ /kʷɑt̚/ /ɦʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/ /kuɑt̚/ /ɣuɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/ /kwat̚/ /ɦwat̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/ /kuɑt̚/ /ɣuɑt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/ /kuɑt̚/ /ɣuɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/ /kuɑt̚/ /ɣuɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shēng shèng guo huó
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 生 生 生 活
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shēng shēng shēng huó
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng › ‹ hwat ›
Old
Chinese		 /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?) /*[ɡ]ʷˤat/
English bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; live to live

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 生 生 活 活
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2
No. 11312 11322 7568 7585
Phonetic
component		 生 生 桰 桰
Rime
group		 耕 耕 月 月
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 生 生 括 活
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/ /*koːd/ /*ɡoːd/

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