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终身

zhōng shēn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 終身

终身 (zhōng shēn) means "lifelong". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 终身 means

1. lifelong
2. all one's life
3. marriage

The characters in 终身

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 汤姆终身未娶。
  Tāngmǔ zhōngshēn wèiqǔ.
  Tom remained a bachelor until his death.
• 在一些国家，叛国罪的惩罚可以是终身监禁。
  Zài yīxiē guójiā, pànguózuì de chéngfá kěyǐ shì zhōngshēnjiānjìn.
  In some countries, the punishment for treason can be life in prison.
• 我喜欢画油画，但是我不想拿它做我的终身职业。
  Wǒ xǐhuan huà yóuhuà, dànshì wǒ bù xiǎng ná tā zuò wǒ de zhōngshēn zhíyè.
  I like to do oil painting, but I don't intend to make that my lifelong occupation.

Words starting with 终身

• 终身大事zhōng shēn dà shìmajor turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
• 终身制zhōng shēn zhìlife tenure
• 终身监禁zhōng shēn jiān jìnlife sentence
• 终身俸zhōng shēn fèng(Taiwan) pension (for retired military, civil service and teaching personnel)

Words containing 终身

• 情定终身qíng dìng zhōng shēn(idiom) to pledge eternal love; to exchange marriage vows
• 私定终身sī dìng zhōng shēnto make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 一日为师，终身为父yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and…

Where 终身 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhì–zhōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhōng shēn correctly.
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