生滅

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	extinguish
trad. (生滅)		生	滅
simp. (生灭)		生	灭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngmiè

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄇㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ mit⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄇㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengmiè
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-mieh⁴
  - Yale: shēng-myè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengmieh
  - Palladius: шэнме (šɛnme)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ mit⁶
  - Yale: sāng miht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ mit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ mid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ miːt̚²/

Noun

生滅

(Buddhism) birth and death; appearance and disappearance; production and annihilation
(literary) life and death

Synonyms

(life and death): 生死 (shēngsǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生滅):

→ Japanese: 生(しょう)滅(めつ) (shōmetsu)
→ Korean: 생멸(生滅) (saengmyeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	滅
しょう Grade: 1	めつ Grade: S
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーめつ [shòómétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːme̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

生(しょう)滅(めつ) • (shōmetsu) ^{←しやうめつ (syaumetu)^?}

life and death

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
生	滅

Noun

生滅 • (saengmyeol) (hangeul 생멸)

hanja form^? of 생멸 (“birth and death; appearance and disappearance; production and annihilation”)