終身

See also: 终身

Chinese

		end; finish	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (終身)		終	身
simp. (终身)		终	身

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongshen
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-shên¹
  - Yale: jūng-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshen
  - Palladius: чжуншэнь (čžunšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ san¹
  - Yale: jūng sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ siin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ sin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆ng-sĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³ sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zong¹ sing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³⁻²³ siŋ³³/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	終	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuwng ›	‹ syin ›
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*n̥i[ŋ]/
English	end	body; self
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

終身

Sino-Xenic (終身):

終(しゅう)身(しん) • (shūshin)

a lifetime, a whole life
終(しゅう)身(しん)雇(こ)用(よう)の廃(はい)止(し)
shūshin koyō no haishi
abolition of lifetime employment

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN