二世

Chinese

		two	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (二世)		二	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrshìh
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: èr-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyh
    • Palladius: эрши (erši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ sai³
    • Yale: yih sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

二世

1. second generation (e.g. of Chinese Americans)
2. the second (of monarchs of the same name)

   伊麗莎白二世／伊丽莎白二世  ―  Yīlìshābái èrshì  ―  Elizabeth II

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二世):

• → Korean: 이세(二世) (ise)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	世
に Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
goon	kan'on

Kanji in this term
二	世
に Grade: 1	せ Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にせ [níꜜsè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) にせ [nìsé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ise̞]

• (Tokyo) にせー [níꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ise̞ː]

Noun

二(に)世(せ) • (nise) 

1. two existences, the present and the future

(alternative reading hiragana にせい, rōmaji nisei)

1. second generation, foreigner of Japanese parentage
2. junior
3. the second (king of the same name)