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
trad. (今生)		今	生
simp. ^#(今生)		今	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnshēng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinsheng
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: jīn-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinsheng
  - Palladius: цзиньшэн (czinʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ saang¹
  - Yale: gām sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim^ˊ sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kim-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimsefng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

今生

this present life
- (Can we date this quote?), “無緣的牽掛”, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]:
  
  妳是我今生無緣的牽掛。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  你是我今生无缘的牵挂。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  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.

Synonyms

今世 (jīnshì)
此生 (cǐshēng)
現世 / 现世 (xiànshì)
这一輩子 (zhè yī bèizi)

Derived terms

今生今世 (jīnshēngjīnshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	生
こん Grade: 2	しょう > じょう Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんじょー [kòńjóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

今(こん)生(じょう) • (konjō)

this life

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN