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永生

永生

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual (ly)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (永生)		永	生

Verb

永生

to live forever; to be immortal

Noun

永生

(religion) eternal life; immortality
lifetime

Derived terms

生物永生 (shēngwù yǒngshēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	生
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1

Noun

永生 ‎(uncountable, hiragana えいせい, romaji eisei)

(religion) eternal life; immortality

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǒngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún-sên
Min Nan (POJ): éng-sng / éng-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁵ sang¹
  - Yale: wíhng sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: iun` sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ sen¹
  - IPA: /i̯un³¹ sen²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun` sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ sen¹
  - IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-sng
  - Tâi-lô: íng-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efngsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: íng-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efngsefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/