浮生

Chinese

		to float	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (浮生)		浮	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúsheng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-shêng¹
    • Yale: fú-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwusheng
    • Palladius: фушэн (fušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: fàuh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

浮生

1. fleeting life; ephemeral human life

Derived terms

• 偷得浮生半日閒／偷得浮生半日闲 (tōu dé fúshēng bànrì xián)
• 浮生一夢／浮生一梦
• 浮生如寄
• 浮生瞬息
• 浮生若夢／浮生若梦 (fúshēngruòmèng)
• 浮生若寄
• 聚散浮生

 

Verb

浮生

1. (of duckweed, etc.) to grow floating on water

Derived terms

• 浮生植物