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今生

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
simp. and trad. (今生)		今	生

Noun

今生

this present life
- 妳是我今生無緣的牽掛。 [Min Nan, trad.]
  
  妳是我今生无缘的牵挂。 [Min Nan, 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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jīnshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ saang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-sên
Min Nan (POJ): kim-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ saang¹
  - Yale: gām sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɑːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim´ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ sen¹
  - IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kim-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/