See also: 长生

Chinese edit

 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (長生)
simp. (长生)
anagram 生長生长

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/2 2/2
Initial () (11) (21) (21)
Final () (105) (109) (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III II II
Fanqie
Baxter drjang sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨɐŋ/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiɐŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɑŋ/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖɨaŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/ȡiaŋ/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭaŋ/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯aŋ/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cháng shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
coeng4 sang1 sang3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
cháng shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ drjang › ‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə-[N]-traŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English long (adj.) bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; 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
Reading # 2/3 1/2 2/2
No. 1276 11312 11322
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*daŋ/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/

Verb edit

長生

  1. (literary) to live forever; to have longevity

Noun edit

長生

  1. (dialectal Hakka, euphemistic) coffin

Synonyms edit

  • (coffin):

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (長生):
  • Japanese: (ちょう)(せい) (chōsei)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
kan’on

Noun edit

(ちょう)(せい) (chōseiちやうせい (tyausei)?

  1. longevity

See also edit