"生涯" meaning in Chinese

See 生涯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ jä³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sŋ̍³³ ɡai²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA, Taipei], /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 生涯
  1. career; livelihood Synonyms: 世故 (shìgù) [archaic], 生活 (shēnghuó), 生產 (shēngchǎn) [archaic], 生产 (shēngchǎn) [archaic], 生計 (shēngjì), 生计 (shēngjì), 生路 (shēnglù), 飯碗 (fànwǎn) [figuratively, informal], 饭碗 (fànwǎn) [figuratively, informal]
    Sense id: en-生涯-zh-noun-Fx0Pkx-f Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries
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          "roman": "shìgù",
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        {
          "roman": "shēngchǎn",
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          "word": "生計"
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          "roman": "shēngjì",
          "word": "生计"
        },
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      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄧㄚˊ"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "sang¹ ngaai⁴"
    },
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      "zh_pron": "shêng¹-ya²"
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      "word": "世故"
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    {
      "roman": "shēnghuó",
      "word": "生活"
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    {
      "roman": "shēngchǎn",
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      "word": "生产"
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      "roman": "shēnglù",
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        "informal"
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      "word": "飯碗"
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        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "饭碗"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生涯"
}

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