終生

See also: 终生

Chinese

		end; finish	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (終生)		終	生
simp. (终生)		终	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ sang¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiong-seng / chiong-sng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹ sên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: jūng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongsheng
    • Palladius: чжуншэн (čžunšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ sang¹
    • Yale: jūng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-sng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zong¹ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

Noun

終生

1. all one's life; one's lifetime

   終生學習／终生学习  ―  zhōngshēng xuéxí  ―  lifelong learning

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)
• 畢生／毕生 (bìshēng)
• 終身／终身 (zhōngshēn)
• 輩／辈 (bèi)
• 輩子／辈子 (bèizi)