生涯

生涯

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	border; horizon; shore
simp. and trad. (生涯)		生	涯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ngaai⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sng-gâi / seng-gâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēngyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengya
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ i̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ ngaai⁴
    • Yale: sāng ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ ngai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋäːi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-gâi
    • Tâi-lô: sng-gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: snggaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ gaɪ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-gâi
    • Tâi-lô: sing-gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: senggaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² gaɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ gaɪ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ gaɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² gaɪ¹³/

Noun

生涯

1. career
2. livelihood

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	涯
しょう Grade: 1	がい Grade: S

Etymology

/syaugai/ → /syoːgai/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

生涯 (hiragana しょうがい, rōmaji shōgai, historical hiragana しゃうがい)

1. the interval when one is alive; a lifetime
2. a specific period within one's life
3. a life