生者

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad. (生者)		生	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄓㄜˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengjhě
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chê³
  - Yale: shēng-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjee
  - Palladius: шэнчжэ (šɛnčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

生者

the living; living being; living thing

Antonyms

死者 (sǐzhě)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
生	者
しょう Grade: 1	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

生(しょう)者(じゃ) • (shōja)

living thing, animate being

Related terms

生物(せいぶつ) (seibutsu, “living thing, life form”)
生(い)き物(もの) (ikimono, “living things, biological nature”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
生	者
せい Grade: 1	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

生者(せいしゃ) or 生(せい)者(じゃ) • (seisha or seija)

living person or people, the living
living thing