餘生

See also: 余生

Chinese

		remainder	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (餘生)		餘	生
simp. (余生)		余	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ sang¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): û-seng / îr-sng / î-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): e⁵ sên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúsheng
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-shêng¹
    • Yale: yú-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yusheng
    • Palladius: юйшэн (jujšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: yùh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-seng
    • Tâi-lô: û-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: usefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr-sng
    • Tâi-lô: îr-sng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-seng
    • Tâi-lô: î-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: isefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: e⁵ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̂ seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/

Noun

餘生

1. remainder of one's life; one's remaining years
2. survival after a disaster

Derived terms

• 刀俎餘生／刀俎余生 (dāozǔyúshēng)
• 劫後餘生／劫后余生 (jiéhòuyúshēng)
• 憂患餘生／忧患余生
• 虎口餘生／虎口余生 (hǔkǒuyúshēng)
• 鋒鏑餘生／锋镝余生

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (餘生):

• → Japanese: 余(よ)生(せい) (yosei)
• → Korean: 여생(餘生) (yeosaeng)