永遠

See also: 永远

Chinese
forever; always; perpetual (ly) far; distant; remote
trad. (永遠) 永 遠
simp. (永远) 永 远

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 永 遠
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 庚 (112) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 于憬切 雲阮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠwiæŋX/ /ɦʉɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷᵚiaŋX/ /ɦʷiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣiuaŋX/ /ɣiuɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwiajŋX/ /ɦuanX/
Li
Rong		 /ɣiuɐŋX/ /ɣiuɐnX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭwɐŋX/ /ɣĭwɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wɐŋX/ /i̯wɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǒng yuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wing5 jyun5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 永 遠
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǒng yuǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hjwængX › ‹ hjwonX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷraŋʔ/ /*C.ɢʷanʔ/
English long (time) far

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 永 遠
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 15423 16226
Phonetic
component		 永 袁
Rime
group		 陽 元
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 永 遠
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷraŋʔ/ /*ɢʷanʔ/

Adverb

永遠

  1. forever; always; permanently
    永遠相愛／永远相爱  ―  yǒngyuǎn xiàng'ài  ―  love each other forever
    莊家永遠是贏家。／庄家永远是赢家。  ―  Zhuāngjiā yǒngyuǎn shì yíngjiā.  ―  The house always wins.
    我們的大門永遠向你敞開。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们的大门永远向你敞开。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen de dàmén yǒngyuǎn xiàng nǐ chǎngkāi. [Pinyin]
    Our door is always open to you.
    人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。 [MSC, trad.]
    人生永远没有太晚的开始。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ. [Pinyin]
    No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.
    如果沒有人捐助的話，這個小孩就會永遠失明。 [MSC, trad.]
    如果没有人捐助的话，这个小孩就会永远失明。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rúguǒ méiyǒu rén juānzhù dehuà, zhè ge xiǎohái jiù huì yǒngyuǎn shīmíng. [Pinyin]
    If no one offers assistance this kid will become permanently blind.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

永遠

  1. eternity
    相愛到永遠／相爱到永远  ―  xiàng'ài dào yǒngyuǎn  ―  love each other forever

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (永遠):

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
永 遠
えい
Grade: 5		 えん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えーえん [èééń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

永(えい)遠(えん) • (eien) ←えいゑん (eiwen)?

  1. eternity
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
永 遠
Grade: 5 Grade: 2
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 永遠 – see the following entry.
【とわ】
[adjective] constant, permanent, everlasting
[noun] eternity
[noun] constancy, permanence, everlastingness
Alternative spellings
永遠, 永久, 常
(This term, 永遠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
永遠

Noun

永遠 • (yeong'won) (hangeul 영원)

  1. Hanja form? of 영원 (“eternity”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
永遠

Adjective

永遠

  1. chữ Hán form of vĩnh viễn (“everlasting; long-lasting; permanent; for ever”).
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