群生

Chinese

		crowd; flock; group	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (群生/羣生)		群/羣	生
simp. (群生)		群	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qúnshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qúnshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyúnsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻün²-shêng¹
    • Yale: chyún-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyunsheng
    • Palladius: цюньшэн (cjunʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

群生

1. (literary) living beings.

   • 萬物群生，連屬其鄉；禽獸成群，草木遂長。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     万物群生，连属其乡；禽兽成群，草木遂长。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wànwù qúnshēng, lián shǔ qí xiāng; qínshòu chéngqún, cǎomù suì cháng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (literary) the common people.

   Synonym: 眾生／众生 (zhòngshēng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
群	生
ぐん Grade: 4	せい Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
群棲

生 is a daiyōji replacing 棲.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぐんせー [gùńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ᵝɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

群(ぐん)生(せい) • (gunsei) ^{←ぐんせい (gunsei)?}

1. (of animals) living together
2. (of plants) growing together
3. Same as ぐんじょう below.

Verb

群(ぐん)生(せい)する • (gunsei suru) ^{←ぐんせい (gunsei)?}intransitive suru (stem 群(ぐん)生(せい)し (gunsei shi), past 群(ぐん)生(せい)した (gunsei shita))

1. (of animals) to live together
2. (of plants) to grow together

Conjugation

Conjugation of "群生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	群生し	ぐんせいし	gunsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	群生し	ぐんせいし	gunsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	群生する	ぐんせいする	gunsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	群生する	ぐんせいする	gunsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	群生すれ	ぐんせいすれ	gunsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	群生せよ¹ 群生しろ²	ぐんせいせよ¹ ぐんせいしろ²	gunsei seyo¹ gunsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	群生される	ぐんせいされる	gunsei sareru
Causative	群生させる 群生さす	ぐんせいさせる ぐんせいさす	gunsei saseru gunsei sasu
Potential	群生できる	ぐんせいできる	gunsei dekiru
Volitional	群生しよう	ぐんせいしよう	gunsei shiyō
Negative	群生しない	ぐんせいしない	gunsei shinai
Negative continuative	群生せず	ぐんせいせず	gunsei sezu
Formal	群生します	ぐんせいします	gunsei shimasu
Perfective	群生した	ぐんせいした	gunsei shita
Conjunctive	群生して	ぐんせいして	gunsei shite
Hypothetical conditional	群生すれば	ぐんせいすれば	gunsei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
群	生
ぐん Grade: 4	しょう > じょう Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぐんじょー [gùńjóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ᵝɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

群(ぐん)生(じょう) • (gunjō) ^{←ぐんじやう (gunzyau)?}

1. (Buddhism) all living things

Korean

Hanja in this term
群	生

Noun

群生 • (gunsaeng) (hangeul 군생)

1. Hanja form^? of 군생.