今生

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (今生)		今	生
simp. #(今生)		今	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ saang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: jīn-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinsheng
    • Palladius: цзиньшэн (czinʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ saang¹
    • Yale: gām sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-seng
    • Tâi-lô: kim-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimsefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

今生

1. this present life

   • 妳是我今生無緣的牽掛。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     你是我今生无缘的牵挂。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 陳雷 (Chen Lei), 無緣的牽掛

     Lí sī góa kim-seng bô-iân ê chhian-kòa. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     You are the concern that I had no chance of having in this life.

Synonyms

• 今世 (jīnshì)
• 此生 (cǐshēng)
• 現世／现世 (xiànshì)
• 这一輩子／这一辈子 (zhè yī bèizi)

 

Derived terms

• 今生今世 (jīnshēngjīnshì)