畢生

See also: 毕生

Chinese

		the whole of; to finish; to complete the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (畢生)		畢	生
simp. (毕生)		毕	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-sng / pit-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsheng
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: bì-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihsheng
    • Palladius: бишэн (bišɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sang¹
    • Yale: bāt sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-sng
    • Tâi-lô: pit-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-seng
    • Tâi-lô: pit-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitsefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

畢生

1. all one's life; lifetime

   畢生積蓄／毕生积蓄  ―  bìshēng jīxù  ―  life savings

Synonyms

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• 一世 (yīshì)
• 一生 (yīshēng)
• 一生一世 (yīshēngyīshì)
• 一輩子／一辈子 (yībèizi) (colloquial)
• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 平生 (píngshēng)
• 永世 (yǒngshì)
• 永生 (yǒngshēng)
• 沒世／没世 (mòshì)
• 生平 (shēngpíng)
• 終生／终生 (zhōngshēng)
• 終身／终身 (zhōngshēn)
• 輩／辈 (bèi)
• 輩子／辈子 (bèizi)