终 zhōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
终生
zhōngshēng
lifelong; all one’s life
Characters in this word
生 shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生 — life, lifetime
- Made of
- 𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这次事故给他留下了终生难忘的教训，也改变了他对安全的态度。 Zhè cì shìgù gěi tā liúxià le zhōngshēng nánwàng de jiàoxùn, yě gǎibiàn le tā duì ānquán de tàidu. This accident left him with a lifelong lesson and also changed his attitude towards safety.
- 老师的一句话影响了他的终生。 Lǎoshī de yī jù huà yǐngxiǎng le tā de zhōngshēng. One sentence from his teacher influenced his whole life.
- 他把终生都献给了教育事业。 Tā bǎ zhōngshēng dōu xiàngěi le jiàoyù shìyè. He devoted his entire life to the cause of education.
Related words
- 始终 shǐzhōng all along
- 终于 zhōngyú finally
- 终点 zhōngdiǎn finish line; end point
- 终身 zhōngshēn lifelong
- 终止 zhōngzhǐ to stop; to end
- 年终 niánzhōng end of the year
- 终端 zhōngduān terminal; end device
- 终极 zhōngjí ultimate; final
- 终结 zhōngjié to end; to bring to a close
- 终究 zhōngjiū after all; in the end
- 自始至终 zìshǐzhìzhōng from beginning to end; throughout
- 学生 xuésheng student