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生命

生命

Chinese

 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 life; fate
simp. and trad.
(生命) 		生 命

Noun

生命

  1. (countable, uncountable) life   (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 條／条 m c)
    生命寶貴 / 生命宝贵  ―  shēngmìng bǎoguì  ―  life is precious
    浪費生命 / 浪费生命  ―  làngfèi shēngmìng  ―  to waste one's life
    珍惜生命，拒絕毒品。 [MSC, trad.]
    珍惜生命，拒绝毒品。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhēnxī shēngmìng, jùjué dúpǐn. [Pinyin]
    Cherish life, say no to drugs.
    危及到某人的生命 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    wēijí dào mǒurén de shēngmìng [Pinyin]
    to endanger someone's life

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生命):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生 命
せい
Grade: 1 		めい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

生命 ‎(hiragana せいめい, romaji seimei)

  1. life; one's existence

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 生 命
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 所庚切 眉病切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʃˠæŋ/ /mˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʃᵚaŋ/ /mᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʃaŋ/ /miaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʂaɨjŋ/ /miajŋH/
Li
Rong		 /ʃɐŋ/ /miɐŋH/
Wang
Li		 /ʃɐŋ/ /mĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʂɐŋ/ /mi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shēng mìng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 生 命
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shēng mìng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sræng › ‹ mjængH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*m-riŋ-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-, *-iŋ> *-eŋ)
English bear, be born; live command (n.)

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 生 命
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 11312 8275
Phonetic
component		 生 令
Rime
group		 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 生 命
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰleːŋ/ /*mreŋs/
Notes 令轉註字

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