殘生

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (殘生)		殘	生
simp. (残生)		残	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chân-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánsheng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-shêng¹
    • Yale: tsán-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnsheng
    • Palladius: цаньшэн (canʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: chàahn sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tsân-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zansefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

殘生

1. one's remaining years
2. one's wretched life

Derived terms

• 潑殘生 / 泼残生

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殘生):

• → Japanese: 残生(ざんせい) (zansei); 残生(ざんしょう) (zanshō)
• → Korean: 잔생(殘生) (jansaeng)
• → Vietnamese: tàn sinh (殘生)