一生
yī shēngㄧ ㄕㄥ
Sino-Vietnamese: NHẤT SINH
Traditional: 一生
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(noun)
all one's life; throughout one's life
Examples
爷爷一生都在农村工作。
yé ye yì shēng dōu zài nóng cūn gōng zuò.
Grandpa worked in the countryside all his life.
这是我一生中最快乐的一天。
zhè shì wǒ yì shēng zhōng zuì kuài lè de yì tiān.
This is the happiest day of my life.
她把一生都给了教育。
tā bǎ yì shēng dōu gěi le jiào yù.
She devoted her whole life to education.
Easily confused
- 一辈子 — Same meaning; 一辈子 is more colloquial, 一生 more formal.
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Stroke order
NHẤT · 1 stroke
one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digi
SINH · 5 strokes
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student
Related words
- 一 yī — one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 一起 yī qǐ — in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
- 第一 dì yī — first; number one; primary
- 一定 yī dìng — surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
- 一直 yī zhí — straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 一样 yī yàng — same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 一般 yī bān — same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 一边 yī biān — one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while