Chinese symbol for “lifelong”
终身
zhōng shēn
Traditional: 終身
lifelong; all one's life; marriage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lifelong is 终身 (zhōng shēn), defined as: lifelong; all one's life; marriage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lifelong”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一世 | yī shì | generation; period of 30 years |
| 终生 (終生) | zhōng shēng | throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 终身.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最终 (最終) | zuì zhōng | final; ultimate |
| 终于 (終於) | zhōng yú | at last; in the end |
| 始终 (始終) | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end; all along |
| 终止 (終止) | zhōng zhǐ | to stop; to terminate |
| 终结 (終結) | zhōng jié | end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth) |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body; at hand |
| 本身 | běn shēn | itself; in itself |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lifelong”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.