生涯

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	border; horizon; shore
simp. and trad. (生涯)		生	涯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ngaai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-gâi / seng-gâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengyá
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ya²
    • Yale: shēng-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengya
    • Palladius: шэнъя (šɛnʺja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ ngaai⁴
    • Yale: sāng ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-gâi
    • Tâi-lô: sng-gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: snggaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ ɡai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-gâi
    • Tâi-lô: sing-gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senggaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai¹³/

Noun

生涯

1. career; livelihood

   軍旅生涯／军旅生涯  ―  jūnlǚ shēngyá  ―  army life

Synonyms

• 世故 (shìgù) (archaic)
• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 生產／生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
• 生計／生计 (shēngjì)
• 生路 (shēnglù)
• 飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn) (figurative, informal)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	涯
しょう Grade: 1	がい Grade: S

Etymology

/syaugai/ → /syoːgai/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

生(しょう)涯(がい) • (shōgai) ^{←しゃうがい (syaugai)?}

1. the interval when one is alive; a lifetime
2. a specific period within one's life
3. a life

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	涯

Noun

生涯 • (saeng'ae) (hangeul 생애)

1. Hanja form^? of 생애 (“lifetime”).