眾生

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See also: 衆生 and 众生

Chinese

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numerous; multitude; crowd
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
trad. (眾生/衆生) /
simp. (众生)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2 2/2
Initial () (23) (21) (21)
Final () (2) (109) (109)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III II II
Fanqie
Baxter tsyuwngH sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕɨuŋH/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cuwŋH/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiuŋH/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭuŋH/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯uŋH/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhòng shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung3 sang1 sang3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhòng shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyuwngH › ‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*tuŋ-s/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English numerous bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; live

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2 2/2
No. 17491 11312 11322
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjuŋs/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/
Notes

Noun

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眾生

  1. (Buddhism) all living things
    博愛眾生博爱众生  ―  bó'ài zhòngshēng  ―  to universally love all living things
  2. the masses
  3. all animals, except humans
  4. (offensive) bugger
  5. Alternative form of 眾牲众牲 (livestock, animal)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (眾生):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゅ
Hyōgai
しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

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(しゅ)(じょう) (shujō

  1. Kyūjitai form of 衆生

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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眾生

  1. chữ Hán form of chúng sinh (living beings; all living creatures).