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生存する
生存
Chinese
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
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exist; deposit; store; keep; survive
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simp. and trad. (生存) |
生 | 存 | |
Verb
生存
Noun
生存
Derived terms
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 生 | 存 |
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せい Grade: 1 |
ぞん Grade: 6 |
Pronunciation
Noun
生存 (hiragana せいぞん, romaji seizon)
Verb
生存する (intransitive, hiragana せいぞんする, romaji seizon suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "生存する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 生存し | せいぞんし | seizon shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 生存し | せいぞんし | seizon shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 生存する | せいぞんする | seizon suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 生存する | せいぞんする | seizon suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 生存すれ | せいぞんすれ | seizon sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 生存せよ¹ 生存しろ² |
せいぞんせよ¹ せいぞんしろ² |
seizon seyo¹ seizon shiro² |
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| Passive | 生存される | せいぞんされる | seizon sareru | |
| Causative | 生存させる 生存さす |
せいぞんさせる せいぞんさす |
seizon saseru seizon sasu |
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| Potential | 生存できる | せいぞんできる | seizon dekiru | |
| Volitional | 生存しよう | せいぞんしよう | seizon shiyō | |
| Negative | 生存しない | せいぞんしない | seizon shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 生存せず | せいぞんせず | seizon sezu | |
| Formal | 生存します | せいぞんします | seizon shimasu | |
| Perfective | 生存した | せいぞんした | seizon shita | |
| Conjunctive | 生存して | せいぞんして | seizon shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 生存すれば | せいぞんすれば | seizon sureba | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sang1 cyun4, saang1 cyun4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chhùn / sên-sùn
- Min Nan (POJ): seng-chûn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtswen
- IPA (key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sang1 cyun4, saang1 cyun4
- Yale: sāng chyùhn, sāang chyùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sang1 tsyn4, saang1 tsyn4
- IPA (key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyːn²¹/, /sɑːŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chhùn / sên-sùn
- Hakka Romanization System: sen´ cunˇ / sen´ sunˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sen1 cun2 / sen1 sun2
- IPA: /sen²⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹/, /sen²⁴ sun¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chûn
- Tâi-lô: sing-tsûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: sengzuun
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡sun²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun²³/
- (Hokkien)