生者

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
simp. and trad. (生者)		生	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄓㄜˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengjhě
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chê³
    • Yale: shēng-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjee
    • Palladius: шэнчжэ (šɛnčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

生者

1. the living; living being; living thing

Antonyms

• 死者 (sǐzhě)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
生	者
しょう Grade: 1	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
生者 (kyūjitai)

Noun

生(しょう)者(じゃ) • (shōja) 

1. living thing, animate being

Related terms

• 生物(せいぶつ) (seibutsu, “living thing, life form”)
• 生(い)き物(もの) (ikimono, “living things, biological nature”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
生	者
せい Grade: 1	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
生者 (kyūjitai)

Noun

生者(せいしゃ) or 生(せい)者(じゃ) • (seisha or seija) 

1. living person or people, the living
2. living thing