Chinese edit

 
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad.
(世代)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (7)
Final () (35) (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter syejH dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiᴇiH/ /dʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɛiH/ /dəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjæiH/ /dɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiajH/ /dəjH/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɛiH/ /dᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭɛiH/ /dɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ɛiH/ /dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai3 doi6

Noun edit

世代

  1. (literary) era; age; period; epoch

Synonyms edit

Adverb edit

世代

  1. (literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations

Synonyms edit

  • (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 仍世 (réngshì) (literary)
  • 代代 (dàidài) (literary)
  • 祖代 (zǔdài) (literary)
  • 累世 (lěishì) (literary)
  • 累代 (lěidài) (literary)

Verb edit

世代

  1. (literary) to pass on from one generation to the next

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 世代 (MC syejH dojH). First appears in the early 1500s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(だい) (sedai

  1. generation

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

世代 (sedae) (hangeul 세대)

  1. Hanja form? of 세대 (generation, era).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

世代

  1. chữ Hán form of thế đại (generation, era).