"人生" meaning in Chinese

See 人生 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵑɡin²² saŋ³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /ŋin¹¹ sen²⁴/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /lin²⁴⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kinmen], /lin²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /lin²⁴⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /lin²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /d͡zin¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /zin²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, /jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /ᵑɡin²² saŋ³³/, /ŋin¹¹ sen²⁴/, /lin²⁴⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /lin²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /lin²⁴⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴/, /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /lin²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/, /d͡zin¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /zin²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/, /zən²² sən⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: rénshēng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jan⁴ sang¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ngin³ sang¹ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], ngìn-sên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], lîn-seng [Hokkien, POJ], lîn-sng [Hokkien, POJ], jîn-seng [Hokkien, POJ], nang⁵ sên¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶zen-sen, rénshēng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], rénsheng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], jên²-shêng¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], rén-shēng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], rensheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], жэньшэн [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], žɛnʹšɛn [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jan⁴ sang¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yàhn sāng [Cantonese, Yale], jan⁴ sang¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yen⁴ seng¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngin³ sang¹ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], ngìn-sên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], ngin^ˇ sen^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], ngin² sen¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], lîn-sing [Hokkien, Tai-lo], linsefng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lîn-sng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], linsngf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jîn-sing [Hokkien, Tai-lo], jinsefng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], nâng seⁿ [POJ, Teochew], ⁶zen-sen [Northern, Wu], zen^去 sen [Northern, Wu], ³zen-sen [Northern, Wu], /zən²² sən⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu], nyin sraeng|sraengH [Middle-Chinese], /*ni[ŋ] sreŋ|sreŋ|sreŋ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*njin sʰleːŋ|sreŋs/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 儂生
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 人生
  1. life (i.e. human life) (Classifier: 段 m) Synonyms: 人世 (rénshì) [literary] Related terms: 生活 (shēnghuó), 生命 (shēngmìng)
    Sense id: en-人生-zh-noun-VlsIB10Z Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese nouns classified by 段, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: 人生一世,草生一秋, 人生七十古來稀 (rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī), 人生七十古来稀 (rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī), 人生不滿百,常懷千歲憂, 人生不满百,常怀千岁忧, 人生伴侶 (rénshēng bànlǚ), 人生伴侣 (rénshēng bànlǚ), 人生何處不相逢 (rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng), 人生何处不相逢 (rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng), 人生在世, 人生如夢 (rénshēngrúmèng), 人生如梦 (rénshēngrúmèng), 人生如寄, 人生如戲, 人生如戏, 人生如朝露, 人生如萍, 人生如風燈, 人生如风灯, 人生導師 (rénshēng dǎoshī), 人生导师 (rénshēng dǎoshī), 人生教練 (rénshēng jiàoliàn), 人生教练 (rénshēng jiàoliàn), 人生朝露, 人生無常, 人生无常, 人生自古誰無死, 人生自古谁无死, 人生觀 (rénshēngguān), 人生观 (rénshēngguān), 人生識字憂患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ), 人生识字忧患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ), 人生開口笑難逢, 人生开口笑难逢, 人生面不熟
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          "word": "人生一世,草生一秋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
          "word": "人生七十古來稀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
          "word": "人生七十古来稀"
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          "word": "人生不滿百,常懷千歲憂"
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        {
          "word": "人生不满百,常怀千岁忧"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng bànlǚ",
          "word": "人生伴侶"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng bànlǚ",
          "word": "人生伴侣"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng",
          "word": "人生何處不相逢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng",
          "word": "人生何处不相逢"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生在世"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēngrúmèng",
          "word": "人生如夢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēngrúmèng",
          "word": "人生如梦"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生如寄"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生如戲"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生如戏"
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        {
          "word": "人生如朝露"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生如萍"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生如風燈"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生如风灯"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng dǎoshī",
          "word": "人生導師"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng dǎoshī",
          "word": "人生导师"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng jiàoliàn",
          "word": "人生教練"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng jiàoliàn",
          "word": "人生教练"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生朝露"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生無常"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生无常"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生自古誰無死"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生自古谁无死"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēngguān",
          "word": "人生觀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēngguān",
          "word": "人生观"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ",
          "word": "人生識字憂患始"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ",
          "word": "人生识字忧患始"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生開口笑難逢"
        },
        {
          "word": "人生开口笑难逢"
        },
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          "word": "人生面不熟"
        }
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          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng de zhēndì",
          "text": "人生的真諦",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng de zhēndì",
          "text": "人生的真谛",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "splendid life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "cuǐcàn rénshēng",
          "text": "璀璨人生",
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        },
        {
          "english": "philosophies of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng dàolǐ",
          "text": "人生道理",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to want to give up on life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "huáiyí rénshēng",
          "text": "懷疑人生",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to want to give up on life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "huáiyí rénshēng",
          "text": "怀疑人生",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "crossroads of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng de shízìlùkǒu",
          "text": "人生的十字路口",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "scientific attitude to life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "kēxué de rénshēng tàidù",
          "text": "科學的人生態度",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "scientific attitude to life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "kēxué de rénshēng tàidù",
          "text": "科学的人生态度",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "jan⁴ sang¹ ge³ zan¹ dai³",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "人生嘅真諦",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "jan⁴ sang¹ ge³ zan¹ dai³",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "人生嘅真谛",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永远没有太晚的开始。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life (i.e. human life) (Classifier: 段 m)"
      ],
      "id": "en-人生-zh-noun-VlsIB10Z",
      "links": [
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          "life",
          "life"
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          "段",
          "段#Chinese"
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      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "shēnghuó",
          "word": "生活"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shēngmìng",
          "word": "生命"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "rénshì",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "人世"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rénshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin³ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngìn-sên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-sng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jîn-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nang⁵ sên¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶zen-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rénshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rénsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jên²-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rén-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rensheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жэньшэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žɛnʹšɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàhn sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen⁴ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin³ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡin²² saŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngìn-sên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin^ˇ sen^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin² sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋin¹¹ sen²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "linsefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-sng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "linsngf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jîn-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jinsefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zin¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zin²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nâng seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶zen-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zen^去 sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³zen-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/zən²² sən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyin sraeng|sraengH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ni[ŋ] sreŋ|sreŋ|sreŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njin sʰleːŋ|sreŋs/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lîn-sng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡin²² saŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋin¹¹ sen²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zin¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zin²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zən²² sən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*njin sʰleːŋ|sreŋs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "人生"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "人生一世,草生一秋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
      "word": "人生七十古來稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
      "word": "人生七十古来稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生不滿百,常懷千歲憂"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生不满百,常怀千岁忧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng bànlǚ",
      "word": "人生伴侶"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng bànlǚ",
      "word": "人生伴侣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng",
      "word": "人生何處不相逢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng",
      "word": "人生何处不相逢"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生在世"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēngrúmèng",
      "word": "人生如夢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēngrúmèng",
      "word": "人生如梦"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生如寄"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生如戲"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生如戏"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生如朝露"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生如萍"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生如風燈"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生如风灯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng dǎoshī",
      "word": "人生導師"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng dǎoshī",
      "word": "人生导师"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng jiàoliàn",
      "word": "人生教練"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng jiàoliàn",
      "word": "人生教练"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生朝露"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生無常"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生无常"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生自古誰無死"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生自古谁无死"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēngguān",
      "word": "人生觀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēngguān",
      "word": "人生观"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ",
      "word": "人生識字憂患始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ",
      "word": "人生识字忧患始"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生開口笑難逢"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生开口笑难逢"
    },
    {
      "word": "人生面不熟"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "人生"
          },
          "expansion": "人生",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "人生",
            "2": "じんせい",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "人生(じんせい) (jinsei)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "인생(人生)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 인생(人生) (insaeng)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "nhân sinh",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "人生"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nhân sinh (人生)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "人生",
            "2": "じんせい",
            "3": "인생",
            "4": "nhân sinh",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "人生",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "人生",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "人生",
            "v": "人生",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (人生):\n* → Japanese: 人生(じんせい) (jinsei)\n* → Korean: 인생(人生) (insaeng)\n* → Vietnamese: nhân sinh (人生)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "じんせい",
            "3": "인생",
            "4": "nhân sinh"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (人生):\n* → Japanese: 人生(じんせい) (jinsei)\n* → Korean: 인생(人生) (insaeng)\n* → Vietnamese: nhân sinh (人生)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (人生):\n* → Japanese: 人生(じんせい) (jinsei)\n* → Korean: 인생(人生) (insaeng)\n* → Vietnamese: nhân sinh (人生)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "儂生",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "人生",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "shēnghuó",
      "word": "生活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngmìng",
      "word": "生命"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese nouns classified by 段",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 生",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka nouns",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese nouns",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese nouns",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Taishanese lemmas",
        "Taishanese nouns",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew nouns",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng de zhēndì",
          "text": "人生的真諦",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng de zhēndì",
          "text": "人生的真谛",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "splendid life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "cuǐcàn rénshēng",
          "text": "璀璨人生",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "philosophies of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng dàolǐ",
          "text": "人生道理",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to want to give up on life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "huáiyí rénshēng",
          "text": "懷疑人生",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to want to give up on life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "huáiyí rénshēng",
          "text": "怀疑人生",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "crossroads of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénshēng de shízìlùkǒu",
          "text": "人生的十字路口",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "scientific attitude to life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "kēxué de rénshēng tàidù",
          "text": "科學的人生態度",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "scientific attitude to life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "kēxué de rénshēng tàidù",
          "text": "科学的人生态度",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "jan⁴ sang¹ ge³ zan¹ dai³",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "人生嘅真諦",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the true meaning of life",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "jan⁴ sang¹ ge³ zan¹ dai³",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "人生嘅真谛",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永远没有太晚的开始。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life (i.e. human life) (Classifier: 段 m)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "段",
          "段#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rénshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin³ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngìn-sên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-sng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jîn-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nang⁵ sên¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶zen-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rénshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rénsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jên²-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rén-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rensheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жэньшэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žɛnʹšɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàhn sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen⁴ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin³ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡin²² saŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngìn-sên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin^ˇ sen^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngin² sen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋin¹¹ sen²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "linsefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lîn-sng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "linsngf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jîn-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jinsefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zin¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zin²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nâng seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶zen-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zen^去 sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³zen-sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/zən²² sən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyin sraeng|sraengH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ni[ŋ] sreŋ|sreŋ|sreŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njin sʰleːŋ|sreŋs/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lîn-sng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡin²² saŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋin¹¹ sen²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zin¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zin²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zən²² sən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*njin sʰleːŋ|sreŋs/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rénshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "人世"
    }
  ],
  "word": "人生"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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