生老病死

Chinese

to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
trad. (生老病死) 生 老 病 死
simp. #(生老病死) 生 老 病 死

Etymology

From the four sights of human existence encountered by the young Buddha, which motivated his desire to end human suffering.

Pronunciation

Idiom

生老病死

  1. (originally Buddhism) to be born, to get old, to become ill and to die; fate of humankind; mortality

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生老病死):

See also

  • Thai: เกิดแก่เจ็บตาย

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生 老 病 死
しょう
Grade: 1 		ろう
Grade: 4 		びょう
Grade: 3 		し
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーろーびょーし [shòóróóbyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɾo̞ːbʲo̞ːɕi]

Noun

生(しょう)老(ろう)病(びょう)死(し) • (shōrōbyōshi) ←しやうらうびやうし (syauraubyausi)?

  1. (Buddhism) the four kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease and death
    Synonym: 四苦 (shiku)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
生老病死

Noun

生老病死 • (saengnobyeongsa) (hangeul 생로병사)

  1. hanja form? of 생로병사 (“birth, old age, disease, and death”)
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